1982 Volume 75 Issue 5special Pages 1165-1173
One-hundred and eighty patients of Ménière's disease have been found from 5, 920 patients who had visited the Neurootological Clinic of Kitasato University Hospital in the seven years from August 1971 to July 1978.
The incidence and prevalence of Ménière's disease in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa-ken, Japan was estimated by a study of the district extended medical cares of Kitasato University Hospital. Thirty-six per cent of the patients of Kitasato University Hospital live in Sagamihara City, the population of which is about 400, 000.
The result showed that the mean incidence of Ménière's disease for one year in Sagamihara City is 2.764 per 100, 000 population and the prevalence, 16.763 per 100, 000 population.
