[Results of internal-medical examinations of the population from the region of a rural health center in Wielka Wieś-BiaŁy KościóŁ].

Among 250 adults (120 male farmers-workers and 130 female farmers) belonging to the population of a village near Krakow, 153 (61%) were recognized sick (67 men--56% and 86 women--66%). Most frequent diseases concerned: the circulation (30% arterial hypertension), digestion (18%, peptic ulcer 14%), respiration (14% mainly bronchial chronic inflammations and asthma), locomotion (11% degenerative joint changes), neuroses (10%) and urogenital system (8.4%). Some cases of neoplasms (3.2%), parasitism (2.8%) and bone fractures caused by professional traumas (2.8%) were registered. The diseases of digestion and respiration were more frequent in men, arterial hypertension, neuroses, urogenital and locomotion diseases more common in women. Arterial hypertension and peptic ulcer afflicted persons over 30, the degenerative joint changes the individuals over 45 years of age.