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6694624

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-3-23
pubmed:abstractText
Death as a result of a bee sting is uncommon in Australia. During the 22 years from 1960 to 1981, 25 individuals have been recorded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as having died shortly after a bee sting. This gives a mortality incidence of 0.086/1 000 000 population per year, but may be an underestimate, as we report two additional fatalities that did not appear in the records of the Bureau of Statistics. South Australia has the highest mortality rate from bee stings of all the Australian States, with a recorded fatality rate of 0.26/1 000 000 population per year. As in other surveys, fatalities occur predominantly in men over 40 years of age, which suggests that there may be other contributory risk factors, for example, coronary atherosclerosis. No deaths were reported in individuals aged from six to 19 years, the age group in which bee-sting anaphylaxis is particularly common. It thus appears that the prevention of death per se is not a strong rationale for routine bee-venom immunotherapy in schoolchildren and young adults.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0025-729X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
140
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
209-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Bee-sting mortality in Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't