title: [Epidemiology of rheumatic diseases: a study over the morbility prevalence].
abstract: The Rheumatic Diseases are a problems of public health than greater attention they require of the sanitary authorities of many countries. The absence in Córdoba Argentina, of investigations to know the magnitude of this problem, they motivated this work. The objective of this work it was to know the frequency with which these illnesses they are perceived for the population in Córdoba, Argentina. Was made a probabilistic sampling, with a size of sample of 429 individuals, with a level of 95% confidence. It is concluded that the rheumatic affections constitute a suffering perceived for more than the half of the population over 20 years, with a predominance in the women. The osteoarthrosis is a most common condition the defined rheumatic disease, whereas in the group of the inespecifics rheumatic disorders the pain of neck was that of greater prevalence.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Salud Pública, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. gacevedo@fcm.unc.edu.ar
authors.forename: Gabriel E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Acevedo
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Estario
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D015995:Prevalence; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors