Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Prevalence of peptic ulcer


Prevalence of peptic ulcer
Peptic ulcer in India
Peptic ulcer prevalence in India is quite high.  Several field studies from different parts of our country suggest its occurrence in 4 to 10 per thousand population. The areas of high incidence are in the south, up the west coast as far as Bombay all the way up the east coast and inland into Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya and into plains of assam and Kashmir. The areas of low incidence lie in the north, the Punjab and the adjacent areas of Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh.

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