[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.
Kai
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Department of Regional and Family Life, Faculty of Culture and Education, Saga University.
Nishizumi
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Mori
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Shono
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N
Higaki
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Y
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