Korean J Prev Med.  1999 Feb;32(1):40-47.

Prevalence Estimation of Several Chronic Diseases through Community Based Health Examination Survey

• Lee SY
• Han GS
• Kim YO
• Kim HK
• Min BH

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The health examination survey was conducted in order to estimate the prevalence of major chronic diseases in a community.
METHODS
A multi-stage stratified probability sample of 1,656 persons, aged from 20 to 69 years, was drawn out from Kuri City. All sampled persons were personally informed of the purpose, content and procedures of the survey and mobile examination center was run between 6 AM and 9 PM for the convenience of the participants.
RESULTS
854 persons (339 males and 515 females) completed this survey with a response rate of 53.4%. Prevalent diseases in male were hypertension(19.0%), HBs Ag carrier(9.8%), impaired glucose tolerance(8.7%), diabetes mellitus(6.3%), hypercholesterolemia(3.4%), anemia(2.7%) and degenerative arthritis(2.6%) in order of prevalence rate. Prevalent diseases in female were osteoporosis(22.5%), impaired glucose tolerance(17.3%), anemia(12.8%), hypertension(12.4%), degenerative arthritis (6.6%), HBs Ag carrier(5.8%), diabetes mellitus(5.4%) and hypercholesterolemia(3.5%) in order of prevalence rate.
CONCLUSIONS
This results suggest that hypertension was most prevalent in adult male whereas diabetes mellitus including IGT, osteoporosis were most prevalent in adult female, in Kuri City.

Keyword

health examination survey; chronic disease; prevalence; Community

MeSH Terms

Adult
Chronic Disease*
Diabetes Mellitus
Female
Glucose
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
Prevalence*
Sampling Studies
Glucose