2007 年 11 巻 1 号 p. 59-64
The present study was an attempt to elucidate the relationship between weather and diseases from a biometeorological perspective based on a survey conducted using TERUMO Co.’s “Questionnaire on Health and Weather.” Most of the respondents replied with “I have experienced the effect of the weather on my body condition.” Many people have some kind of chronic disease such as arthritis, neuralgia or backache which is closely related to the weather. It can be concluded that the patterns of body conditions and disease distribution are connected with some of the bioclimatic divisions obtained by Yoshino and Fukuoka (2002), and that there are, in general, four typical patterns. In addition, it was concluded that ancient weather proverbs and old sayings transmitted as wisdom of aged persons are effective in weather forecasting for health and disease.
