Shojaku Hideo, Watanabe Yukio, Fujisaka Michiro, Tsubota Masahito, Kobayashi Kenji, Yasumura Satsuki, Mizukoshi Kanemasa
Department of Otolaryngology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan.
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2005;67(5):305-9. doi: 10.1159/000089413. Epub 2005 Dec 15.
To identify epidemiologic characteristics of definite cases of Ménière's disease (DMD), we conducted retrospective surveys of the period 1990-2004 of the Nishikubiki district and of the period 1980-2004 of Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University. Three hundred and seventy-five patients (50 from Nishikubiki, 325 from Toyama) were diagnosed with DMD according to the diagnostic criteria proposed by the Japanese Society for Equilibrium Research. There was a slight increase in the prevalence of DMD during the period 1990-2004. However, incidence did not change significantly over time. The average annual prevalence and incidence were 34.5 and 5.0, respectively, per 100,000 population. Incidence and prevalence predominated in females. With respect to age at disease, the incidence in elderly patients was increased when we corrected for age distribution in the overall population.
为了确定梅尼埃病确诊病例（DMD）的流行病学特征，我们对1990 - 2004年期间的西久保地区以及1980 - 2004年期间的富山医科药科大学进行了回顾性调查。根据日本平衡研究学会提出的诊断标准，375例患者（50例来自西久保，325例来自富山）被诊断为DMD。在1990 - 2004年期间，DMD的患病率略有上升。然而，发病率并未随时间发生显著变化。每10万人口的年平均患病率和发病率分别为34.5和5.0。发病率和患病率在女性中占主导。关于发病年龄，在校正总体人群的年龄分布后，老年患者的发病率有所增加。
