Prevalence and disease experience rates in Korean physicians.
This study aimed to find out the morbid status of Korean physicians living in Korea, as one part of a feasibility study on the Korean physician cohort. It was performed by mail survey using a self-administered questionnaire from Jan. 1, 1995 through Dec. 31, 1995. Study subjects were 21,552 including 17,877 (81.1%) males and 3,384 (15.5%) females. Person based prevalence rate of disease was 17.7% (18.3% for males and 13.8% for females) with the rate increasing with age. The disease group showing the highest prevalence rate was circulatory diseases (5.16%) for males, and respiratory disease (3.13%) for females. The individual disease showing the highest prevalence rates was hypertension (3.77%) for males and allergic rhinitis (2.25%) for females. The person based disease experience rate was 36.2% (36.9% for males, 32.7% for females) with the rate increasing with age. The disease group showing the highest disease experience rate was digestive disease for both sexes (10.05% for males, 7.42% for females). Individual disease showing the highest disease experience rate was hypertension (5.00%) for males and allergic rhinitis (4.08%) for females. There were different ranks of both prevalence and disease experience rate depending on age in both sexes.
Kim
J J
JJ
Department of Preventive Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. jjkim@hosp.sch.ac.kr
Kim
S D
SD
Meng
K H
KH
Ahn
Y O
YO
Yum
Y T
YT
Oh
H C
HC
Lee
D B
DB
Lee
S I
SI
Chun
B Y
BY
Choi
J S
JS
D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004813:Epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence