A study on health condition of the young and adults in rural district.
10.2185/jjrm.38.90
- VernacularTitle:秋田県南農村における若壮年者の健康状態に関する研究
- Author:
Masato HAYASHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1989;38(2):90-101
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Deaths in the young are due largely to suicide and unexpected accidents rather than sickness. When the cause of death in the young in their 20s to30s is studied as to death from sickness, it consists of malignant neoplasm, cerebro-vascular diseases and heart diseases, low as the proportion is, showing the same trend as in the adult diseases. To study these backgrounds, the cause of death, the incidence of abnormalities and mean of the test values obtained from medical examinations in the southern rural of Akita Prefecture were studied in comparison with adults. The results obtained are summarized as follows.
(1) The number of young people with cerebro-vascular diseases in this locality was more than twice the national average. It was conspicuously large in women, but those with the blood pressure were many in men. So, involvement of factors other than the blood pressure need to be considered.
(2) On the whole, the abnormality in the test values was found more often in 30sthan in 20s, which substantiates an increase in the incidence death. However, the sharp increase in the mortality rate in 30s compared with 20s did not manifest itself markedly in the test values. So, it appears necessary to study factors including the family history.
(3) Studies on the high blood pressure and dietary life in the obese people revealed no difference between the group of people with high blood pressure and the group of normal individuals. The influence of hereditary predisposition (the diastolic pressure in already high in case of there being high blood pressure in the family history even in the young) rather then the dietary habit appears to be great in the young people.
(4) Anemia was often found in women of the agricultural group. Both protein and animal protein tended to show low values.
(5) The GOT, GPT and γ-GTP levels were high in men of the non-agricultural group. Insufficient intake of animal and poultry meat (P<0.01) and tendency to heavy drinking were noted.
(6) Those with hypercholesterolemia were found to take plenty of lipid (P<0.05, male), By food, the percentage of milk of and dairy products taken was high (P<0.05, male).
(7) Neutral fat showed high levels in both men and women of the agriaultural group. When the dietary life was examined in men with high neutral fat levels, amount of carbohydreate taken (P<0.01) and grain energy (P<0.05) were unexpectedly low in the neutral fat group compared with the nomal group. The insufficient caloric intake appears to be compensated by alcohol.
