A 10-year retrospective analysis of hospitalisation for oral cellulitis in Australia: the poor suffer at 30 times the rate of the wealthy

摘要

The aim of this study was to investigate the trends of hospitalisation for cellulitis in Western Australia. There was a strong association between socioeconomic status and rate of cellulitis, with the most disadvantaged quintile of the population (1.7% of residents) accounting for 34% of cellulites cases. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were almost seven times over-represented, compared with non-Indigenous Western Australians.