Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2013;9:767-71. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S36956. Epub 2013 May 27.
A door-to-door survey, including every household, was conducted for all inhabitants of Al Quseir City (33,283), Red Sea Governorate, Egypt by three specialists of neurology as well as nine senior staff members of neurology and 15 female social workers to assess the epidemiology of major neurological disorders. Over six phases, from July 1, 2009 to January 31, 2012, screening of all eligible people in the population was carried out, by which case ascertainment of all major neurological disorders included in the study was done according to the accepted definitions and diagnostic criteria of the World Health Organization. The order of frequency of prevalence of the studied neurological disorders was dementia (3.83% for those aged > 60 years), migraine (2.8% for those aged > 8 years), stroke (6.2/1000 for those aged > 20 years), epilepsy (5.5/1000), Parkinson's disease (452.1/100,000 for those aged > 40 years), cerebral palsy (3.6/1000 among children < 18 years), spinal cord disorders (63/100,000) dystonia (39.11/100,000), cerebellar ataxia (30.01/100,000), trigeminal neuralgia (28/100,000 for those aged > 37 years), chorea (21.03/100,000), athetosis (15/100,000), and multiple sclerosis (13.74/100,000). The incidence rates of stroke, epilepsy, and Bell's palsy were 181/100,000, 48/100,000, and 98.9/100,000 per year, respectively.
一项针对埃及红海省阿尔库赛尔市（33283 人）所有居民的逐户调查由三位神经病学专家以及九位神经病学高级工作人员和 15 名女性社会工作者进行，旨在评估主要神经疾病的流行病学。在 2009 年 7 月 1 日至 2012 年 1 月 31 日的六个阶段中，对该人群中的所有合格人员进行了筛查，通过这种方式，根据世界卫生组织的公认定义和诊断标准，确定了研究中包含的所有主要神经疾病。研究中神经障碍的流行频率顺序为痴呆症（60 岁以上人群为 3.83%）、偏头痛（8 岁以上人群为 2.8%）、中风（20 岁以上人群为 6.2/1000）、癫痫（5.5/1000）、帕金森病（40 岁以上人群为 452.1/100000）、脑瘫（18 岁以下儿童为 3.6/1000）、脊髓疾病（100000 人中有 63 人）、肌张力障碍（39.11/100000）、小脑共济失调（30.01/100000）、三叉神经痛（37 岁以上人群为 28/100000）、舞蹈病（21.03/100000）、手足徐动症（15/100000）和多发性硬化症（13.74/100000）。中风、癫痫和贝尔氏面瘫的发病率分别为每年 181/100000、48/100000 和 98.9/100000。
