Gonzales C A, Srinivasan M, Whitcher J P, Smolin G
University of California at San Francisco, USA.
Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 1996 Dec;3(3):159-66. doi: 10.3109/09286589609080122.
To determine the incidence of corneal ulceration in Madurai District, South India.
Retrospective incidence study.
General community.
All patients who reside in Madurai District and presented to an ophthalmologist in 1993 with corneal ulceration.
Cases of corneal ulceration.
1148 cases of corneal ulceration were recorded in the medical records of those ophthalmologists who maintained records. Based upon the recorded number of cases, the annual incidence per 10,000 population was 3.4. The ratio of male to female patients was 1.6:1.0. When the estimated number of cases from those without records was added to the total number of recorded cases the annual incidence was 11.3 per 10,000 population.
Corneal ulceration is a common occurrence in South India. While the true incidence of this problem is impossible to determine because of the lack of medical records, we believe our estimation of the incidence to be close to the true incidence in this community.
确定印度南部马杜赖地区角膜溃疡的发病率。
回顾性发病率研究。
普通社区。
所有居住在马杜赖地区且于1993年因角膜溃疡就诊于眼科医生的患者。
角膜溃疡病例。
在有记录的眼科医生的病历中记录了1148例角膜溃疡病例。根据记录的病例数，每10000人口的年发病率为3.4。男性与女性患者的比例为1.6:1.0。当将无记录者的估计病例数加到记录病例总数中时，每10000人口的年发病率为11.3。
角膜溃疡在印度南部很常见。由于缺乏病历，这个问题的真实发病率无法确定，但我们认为我们对发病率的估计接近该社区的真实发病率。
