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KMID : 0368019840070010031
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Journal of Soonchunhyang University
1984 Volume.7 No. 1 p.31 ~ p.35
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Morbidity Pattern of Chronic Illness Among Teachers
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Abstract
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The mass health screening examination was excuted differently from the primary screening test and secondary precision test for 2,718 teachers in Gumi City and its adjoined three Guns, Kyungpook Province, 1982.
The age of subjects was between 20 and 64 years old, and the percentage of men teachers showed 74 and the percentage of women teachers was 26.
The results of the screening tests are summarized as follows:
Of 2,718 subjects, 16.5% (6.8% for hypertension, 4.2% for liver disease, 2.8% for pulmonary tuberculosis and 1.8% for diabetes) required secondary precision test.
Detected cases account for 63.8% of the 447 teachers taking secondary precision test, this. was equivalant to 10.5% of the total examined teachers. 3.3% of the total examined teachers turned out to be confirmed cases and 7.2% of the total examined teachers was suspicious cases.
The confirmed cases of the total examined teachers by disease were 1.0% for prevalence-of pulmonary tuberculosis, 1.4% for prevalence of hypertension and 0.8% for prevalence of diabetes.
The pervalence rate obtained by age group were 26.1% for 50?59 age group which was the highest rate group, 16.0% for 40?49 age group and 6.6% for 30-39 age group. It was shown that the rate increased by age.
Although hypertension, diabetes and pulmonary tuberculosis increased by being old, in cases of liver disease, renal disease and anemia, 30?49 age group was marked as high rate.
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