BACKGROUND: The aging of the world population is a phenomenon that is growing progressively. Specific knowledge of @entity74 in the elderly in black Africa seems limited. AIM: Describe the epidemiological, clinical and etiological characteristics of non-traumatic @entity74 in elderly black Africans. METHODS: Retrospective and descriptive study concerning black africans @entity1 aged 60 years and over hospitalized in the department of Rheumatology of hospital center of Cocody (Abidjan) in a period of 7 years from January 2000 to December 2007. Were included, 157 records of black africans @entity1 , suffering from a @entity74 non traumatic with an accurate diagnosis. A structured questionnaire was used to gather epidemiological, clinical and etiological characteristics. RESULTS: The prevalence of elders was 5% of all @entity1 seen in the period of study. The average age was 67 years with the predominance of @entity1 (59,7%) and sex-ratio was 0,68. Housewives were predominant (40,6%). The reason for hospitalization was a @entity158 from spine (85,8%) dominated by common @entity1643 (84,4%). Fever (51,9%) and @entity73 (53.4%) were dominant extraarticular signs. The main etiologies were degenerative (50.5%) with a predominance of common @entity1643 (38.2%), followed by @entity5414 (20.5%) and @entity5 ( @entity1583 and @entity3 of @entity5 ) in 15.9% of cases. Degenerative pathology was significantly observed in females (p=0.004). CONCLUSION: Non-traumatic @entity66 in elderly black africans are little frequent in Abidjan and are dominated by degenerative diseases of spine.

Profile of non-traumatic XXXX in elderly black africans: about 157 cases seen in abidjan.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients'] @entity1643 :: ('MESH:D017116', 'Disease') :: ['low back pain'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['osteoarticular diseases'] @entity5414 :: ('MESH:D001170', 'Disease') :: ['bacterial osteitis and/or bacterial arthritis'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer', 'malignancies'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['impaired general health'] @entity74 :: ('MESH:D030342', 'Disease') :: ['osteoarticular disorder', 'osteoarticular disorders'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity1583 :: ('MESH:D019337', 'Disease') :: ['hematologic malignancies'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastasis']
@entity66 :: (MESH:D004194,Disease) :: ['osteoarticular diseases']
