Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1993 Jan;35(1):11-7.

An incidence study of schizophrenia in India

N N Wig  1 , V K Varma, S K Mattoo, P B Behere, H R Phookan, A K Misra, R S Murthy, B M Tripathi, D K Menon, S K Khandelawal, H Bedi
Affiliations

An incidence study of schizophrenia in India

N N Wig et al. Indian J Psychiatry. 1993 Jan.

Abstract

Under a WHO collaborative study, the Chandigarh center monitored two geographically defined populations over a 2-year period. Using helping-agency-coverage and other methods along with a set of specified criteria, 268 first-onset potentially schizophrenic cases were actively identified. Of these, 232 cases could be assessed in detail which included 209 schizophrenics as per specified ICD-9 or Catego criteria. The annual incidence rates obtained were 4.4 and 3.8 per 10,000 for rural and urban areas, respectively. The rural cohort had a higher incidence for each of the three diagnostic definitions. In the urban cohort, sex and diagnostic definition did not affect the incidence. In the rural cohort, females had a lower incidence for Catego S+ and a higher incidence for other diagnostic definitions.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Psychol Med. 1986 Nov;16(4):909-28 - PubMed
    1. Psychiatr Q. 1946 Jul;20(3):381-99 - PubMed
    1. Am J Epidemiol. 1971 Aug;94(2):126-34 - PubMed
    1. Br J Psychiatry. 1969 Apr;115(521):449-56 - PubMed
    1. Chin Med J (Engl). 1981 Mar;94(3):153-6 - PubMed