Abstract
There is yearly an increase tendency of the senior citizen population of our country. Regarding this condition, to grasp in details of the elderly patients is very important. We surveyed the newly out patients who visited our clinic from April, 2002 to March, 2003. The elderly patient of 65 years old or more were 119 in 330 outpatients (36.1%). In the residential area of these patients, Kitakyushu city was 98(82.4%). The patients with some systemic disease were 73(61.3%). We will be continue this survey and hope to grasp in detail of the elderly patients.
