Bateman P P
Aust Fam Physician. 1976 Jan-Feb;5(1):102-10.
The survey reveals important data about onset of asthma and total attendances for asthma by Australian general practitioners. A comparison is made between data on asthma from the National Morbidity Survey 1962-63, and the Australian General Practitioner's Morbidity and Prescribing Survey 1969 to 1974. A slight male preponderance is demonstrated, most marked in infancy, but also in old age. The hypothesis is propounded that androgens may play a protective role in asthma, but females have a genetic advantage. It is noted that in the 'teens' and early adulthood, there is an increase in female patients. The onset of asthma occurs more often in autumn and spring than in summer and winter. The occurrence of asthma appears to becoming less relative to other disease. Although there was once relatively more asthma in the metropolitan areas compared with non-metropolitan, there is now less.
该调查揭示了有关澳大利亚全科医生诊治哮喘的发病情况及总就诊人数的重要数据。对1962 - 1963年全国发病率调查中的哮喘数据与1969年至1974年澳大利亚全科医生发病率及处方调查中的哮喘数据进行了比较。结果显示男性略占优势，在婴儿期最为明显，在老年期也较为显著。有人提出假说，雄激素可能在哮喘中起保护作用，但女性具有遗传优势。值得注意的是，在青少年和成年早期，女性患者有所增加。哮喘发病在秋季和春季比在夏季和冬季更为常见。相对于其他疾病，哮喘的发病率似乎在降低。尽管大都市地区曾经比非大都市地区的哮喘患者相对较多，但现在情况正好相反。
