DEPRESSING STATISTICS

[摘要] About 7 million children do not receive routine medical care.Only 60 percent of children under age 4 have received the complete basic series of immunizations.The number of children with acquired immune deficiency syndrome is rapidly increasing, with 10,000 to 20,000 pediatric cases of AIDS or AIDS-related complex likely to be diagnosed in children by 1991.Reported deaths from child abuse and neglect jumped 23 percent from 1985 to 1986, and estimated deaths range from 2,000 to 5,000 each year.

[学科分类] 儿科学