In the article "Status of Public Health -- Bosnia and
Herzegovina, August-September 1993," the percentage change figures
presented in (Table_1) (page 980) are incorrect. The corrected
table
appears below. Table_1 Note:
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TABLE 1. Incidence * of selected enteric diseases, by region and period -- central
Bosnia, 1990-1993
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Region Hepatitis A Diarrhea Dysentery +
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Sarajevo City &
January-June 1992 0.9 13.2 0.3
January-June 1993 5.1 94.9 4.0
% Change +467% +619% +1233%
Zenica City @
May-July 1990
and May-July 1991 0.4 10.3 0.3
May-July 1993 4.6 83.9 4.4
% Change +1050% +715% +1367%
Tuzla Region **
1992 0.5 6.5 0.5
January-June 1993 1.9 9.3 0.4
% Change +280% +43% -20%
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* Per 100,000 population per month.
+ An unspecified proportion of cases were confirmed as caused by either Shigella sonnei or
S. flexneri.
& Regional Institute of Public Health, Sarajevo. Assumes a prewar population of 361,000 and
a current population of 300,000.
@ Regional Institute of Public Health, Zenica. Assumes a prewar population of 130,000 and a
current population of 195,000.
** Regional Institute of Public Health, Tuzla. Assumes a prewar and current population of
700,000.
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