title: [Prevalence of asthma in adults in Menda town rural-mountain area in Japan].
abstract: Several reports have suggested that the prevalence of asthma in adults is currently increasing. However, recent prevalence of asthma has not reported in Japan, especially in rural-mountain areas. To investigate the prevalence of asthma in adults in Japan, we conducted clinical epidemiological research on 5066 inhabitants of Menda town, in a rural-mountain area of Japan. The study population comprised 98.7% of adults in the town, including senior high school students whose age were more than 15 years old. The prevalence of asthma among adults was 3.6%. The ratio of prevalence in males to prevalence in females was 1.44. Peaks prevalences were observed in the age ranges of 15-19 and > 70 years old in males, and 15-19, 40-49 and > 70 years old in females.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kohrogi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kiyofuji
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsumori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirosako
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ando
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data