[A survey of allergic diseases among elementary school children in Saga Prefecture. The first report. Prevalence and past history].
This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of several allergic diseases among elementary school children in Saga prefecture. A questionnaire was distributed to the parents of 2,795 children in 12 elementary schools located in urban, seaside and mountainous areas. The response rate was 92.8%. The prevalence rate of allergic diseases among school children was 24.6% (24.5% for boys and 21.5% for girls). The common types of allergic diseases among boys were allergic rhinitis (11.3%), atopic dermatitis (9.7%), and bronchial asthma (5.7%), and those among girls were atopic dermatitis (9.7%); allergic rhinitis (6.5%), and bronchial asthma (3.7%). Analysis by residential area of the children, showed that the prevalence rate of allergic diseases in total was increased in the order of mountainous (20.8%), seaside (24.1%) and urban area (28.7%). The most common type of allergic diseases was atopic dermatitis in urban and mountainous area, while allergic rhinitis was most common in seaside area.
Department of Regional and Family Life, Faculty of Culture and Education, Saga University.
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D002648:Child; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D015995:Prevalence; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires