In 1986 in the Kuthar Valley in the Anantnag District of south Kashmir (northwestern India), we studied the population to ascertain the prevalence and pattern of various neurological diseases. A house-to-house survey was done in a rural population of 63,645 (according to a World Health Organization protocol, 1981). 616 cases of major neurological disorders were detected, yielding a prevalence of ratio of 9.67/1,000 as of prevalence day November 1, 1986. The prevalence ratios for various common neurological disorders were: epilepsy 2.47/1,000; stroke 1.43/1,000; paralytic poliomyelitis 2.18/1,000; mental retardation 2.09/1,000; deaf mutism 1.63/1,000, and cerebral palsy 1.24/1,000. Persons with these conditions constituted 92\% of all neurological cases. Patients with motor neuron disease, Alzheimer's dementia or multiple sclerosis were not found.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Razdan1994
%A Razdan, S.
%A Kaul, R. L.
%A Motta, A.
%A Kaul, S.
%A Bhatt, R. K.
%D 1994
%J Neuroepidemiology
%K Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Cerebral Palsy; Cerebrovas; Epilepsy; Female; Humans; India; Male; Mental Retardation; Middle Mutism; Parkinson Disease; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases; Sex Spinal Cord Compression; cular Disorders
%N 3
%P 113--119
%T Prevalence and pattern of major neurological disorders in rural Kashmir (India) in 1986.
%V 13
%X In 1986 in the Kuthar Valley in the Anantnag District of south Kashmir (northwestern India), we studied the population to ascertain the prevalence and pattern of various neurological diseases. A house-to-house survey was done in a rural population of 63,645 (according to a World Health Organization protocol, 1981). 616 cases of major neurological disorders were detected, yielding a prevalence of ratio of 9.67/1,000 as of prevalence day November 1, 1986. The prevalence ratios for various common neurological disorders were: epilepsy 2.47/1,000; stroke 1.43/1,000; paralytic poliomyelitis 2.18/1,000; mental retardation 2.09/1,000; deaf mutism 1.63/1,000, and cerebral palsy 1.24/1,000. Persons with these conditions constituted 92\% of all neurological cases. Patients with motor neuron disease, Alzheimer's dementia or multiple sclerosis were not found.
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abstract = {In 1986 in the Kuthar Valley in the Anantnag District of south Kashmir (northwestern India), we studied the population to ascertain the prevalence and pattern of various neurological diseases. A house-to-house survey was done in a rural population of 63,645 (according to a World Health Organization protocol, 1981). 616 cases of major neurological disorders were detected, yielding a prevalence of ratio of 9.67/1,000 as of prevalence day November 1, 1986. The prevalence ratios for various common neurological disorders were: epilepsy 2.47/1,000; stroke 1.43/1,000; paralytic poliomyelitis 2.18/1,000; mental retardation 2.09/1,000; deaf mutism 1.63/1,000, and cerebral palsy 1.24/1,000. Persons with these conditions constituted 92\% of all neurological cases. Patients with motor neuron disease, Alzheimer's dementia or multiple sclerosis were not found.},
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author = {Razdan, S. and Kaul, R. L. and Motta, A. and Kaul, S. and Bhatt, R. K.},
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keywords = {Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Cerebral Palsy; Cerebrovas; Epilepsy; Female; Humans; India; Male; Mental Retardation; Middle Mutism; Parkinson Disease; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases; Sex Spinal Cord Compression; cular Disorders},
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title = {Prevalence and pattern of major neurological disorders in rural Kashmir (India) in 1986.},
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