[Normogram study of the health of male industrial workers in northern Switzerland. Part 3: present medical care - frequency].
A study has been conducted to obtain representative data on the health of industrial workers in northern Switzerland. 1260 men from 44 plants were covered. At the time of the study 21.3% were under treatment by a doctor. From all these patients 14.4% were suffering from heart diseases, 12.6% from articular rheumatism and muscle diseases, 10.3% from neurological and 9% from dermatological diseases. Of subjects aged 43--65, 1.7 times more were under treatment by a doctor than subjects aged 20--42.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D013557:Switzerland
Normogrammstudie: Repräsentativerhebung über den Gesundheitszustand männlicher Betriebsangehöriger in der Nordschweiz. III. Mitteilung: Gegenwärtige Arztbehandlung--Prävalenzstudie.