title: Gender specificity of geographical variation in morbid risk for schizophrenia in rural Ireland.
abstract: The morbid risk for schizophrenia was determined separately for men and women within each of 36 contiguous district electoral divisions of a rural Irish county in which all cases of schizophrenia satisfying DSM-III-R criteria had been sought. The distribution of morbid risk values for men (0.0-19.2 per 1000) was in accordance with a statistical model for random occurrences in space, while for women (0.0-38.3 per 1000) it deviated markedly from such a model; thus, morbid risk for schizophrenia showed very prominent geographical variations in women, but not in men. These findings may have a basis in factors that can show both spatial inhomogeneity and gender specificity in their consequences for schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: St. Davnet's Hospital, Monaghan, Ireland.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Youssef
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kinsella
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Waddington
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors