title: [Pelvic inflammatory disease in private practice. An indirect estimation of the importance of the phenomenon in the French population].
abstract: A significant increase in the incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in women aged 15-45 over two decades has been notified by many authors. We have therefore used the data of a survey in private practice in order to evaluate the size of the problem in France taking into consideration that the majority of cases of PID are managed primary primary care systems (G.P. and private specialists). Compared with other pathological problems PID rarely appears in practice (0.6% of contacts with physicians) but the total number of contacts during a year can be estimated at 745 000 in 1975 throughout the country. The highest frequency is observed in the 25-29 age group. There is no difference between professional women and women who have no profession, nor between rural and urban areas. Half of all cases had been notified by general practitioners and the others by gynaecologist/obstetricians. About two-thirds of cases present as acute problems. With this information it is possible to discuss extrapolation to the whole area so as to estimate the prevalence and incidence of PID in France. If a woman has 3 contacts a year with her doctor when she has PID it can be calculated that in 1975 the prevalence was about 2.1% of women aged between 15 and 44 (+/- 0.5). If all acute problems are considered as new cases, the incidence can be estimated at about 1.3% (+/- 0.4) of women aged between 15 and 44.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011331:Private Practice; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: Les infections utéro-annexielles en médecine libérale. Une estimation indirecte de l'ampleur du phénomène dans la population française.