[Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the Paris metropolitan area. Study of annual mortality in different density zones in relation to the age of population].
A study of all patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the Paris metropolitan area dying during the 13 year period 1968-1980 reveals a positive correlation between annual mortality and population density, that is independent of variation in population age structure. This observation is consistent with the hypothesis of random interhuman-disease transmission.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010297:Paris; D011156:Population Density
Maladie de Creutzfeldt-Jakob dans l'agglomération parisienne. Etude de la mortalité annuelle dans les différentes zones de densité en fonction de l'âge des populations.