RESUMO

A survey was carried out in order to determine if bronchial asthma represents a health problem in two rural areas under the medical assistance of family doctors' offices (Argeo Martínez and Manguito del Guaso). All the case histories in the zones under study were reviewed. It was found that, in spite of the low prevalence in both areas, there is a diseased for each 28 persons, being female the most affected.

Assuntos

Asma/epidemiologia , População Rural , Fatores Etários , Cuba/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Prevalência , População Rural/estatística & dados numéricos , Fatores Sexuais