A Long- Term Retrospective Study on the Incidence of Urinary Stones in Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China from 1995 to 2016

Abstract

This retrospective longitudinal study investigated the reasons for the increased morbidity of urinary stones in Wuwei City, China, between 1995 and 2016. To extract the case history of patients with urinary stones from 12 hospitals in Wuwei City, and analyze them with Excel 2019, Joinpoint v10.2 and SPSS v22.0. ArcGIS v10.2 was used to map the geographical distriburinary stoneson and SaTScan v9.6 was used for spatial-temporal analysis to identify clusters of occurrence. Clusters of outbreaks were identified using SaTScan v9.6. Of the 5497 urinary stones patients (43.07 ± 15.95 years), male (3843, 69.9%) with a Gender ratio of 2.32:1. The morbidity of urinary stones in men and women shows total growth trend. From 1995 to 2016, the annual percentage change (APC) is 15.1% (95% confidence interval (CI): 12.3–18.1%) and 19.4% (19.4% (95% CI: 16.4-22.5%), respectively. Identifying four clusters that dynamically develop and monitor urinary stones in Uwajima. To discover and prevent the occurrence of acute and severe diseases in time, and to prevent and manage urinary stones. The study could be guide local authorities in initiating urinary stones prevention and management activities.