Table 1: Incidence rates of 15 selected diseases.

 

Diseases

Incidence rates per 100,000 people

(Incidence Rate per 100,000 people = 100,000 x incidence rate by 1,800 people*/1,800)

Rates per 100,000 people according to the literature

Diseases whose etiology is understood sufficiently for prevention

Coronary heart disease

111

108

Adverse drug reactions

167

300

Pulmonary tuberculosis

56

15

Stroke

111

552

Traffic accidents

389

NA (if injured included)

Diseases whose etiology is only partially known but for which there are proposed screening or prevention approaches

Cancer breast

111

86

Bladder cancer

111

32

Prostatic hypertrophy

111

NA

Hypertension

222

900

Genetic diseases

56

12

Diseases whose etiology is not well known and where it is not possible to implement prevention or screening

Senile dementia

111

1100

Hyperparathyroidism

167

NA

Ovarian cancer

56

17

Paget's disease

56

530 (in X-rays)

Lymphoma

56

67

 

NA: Not available

*The list of patients in the office: 1,800 people.