台灣地區65歲以上老年人肺部疾病調查報告

Epidemiological Study of Pulmonary Diseases in the Elderly Aged Over 65 Years in Taiwan

李仁智(Jen-Jyh Lee)

《慈濟醫學雜誌》 6卷2期 (1994/06) Pp. 111-115

https://doi.org/10.6440/TZUCMJ.199406.0111

摘要

2483位65歲以上的老年人接受胸部正面X光片檢查。690位(27.8%)發現有異常。男性的異常率高於女性。年齡愈大的老年人，胸部X光片愈容易出現異常。最常見的異常是纖維化鈣化病灶(9.6%)和肋膜肥厚(3.0%)。活動性肺結核病的盛行率為2.4%。疑似肺癌的盛行率為0.9%，肺氣腫的盛行率為1.0%，心臟肥大的現象有3.1%。因此，肺結核、肺氣腫、肺癌是須要密切注意的老年人肺部疾病。

關鍵字

老年人 ； 肺部疾病 ； X光片檢查

並列摘要

2483 subjects, aged over 65, received post-anterior chest X-ray examinations. 690 (27.8%) of them were abnormal. Abnormalities were found more frequently among male subjects than among their female counterparts. The older the subjects, the more likely abnormalities were detected. Among all, the most common changes were those resulting from years of wears and tears namely fibrotic calcifications (9.6%) and pleural thickenings (3.0%). The prevalence rate of active pulmonary tuberculosis is 2.4%. The prevalence rate of lung cancer is 0.9%, while that of emphysema is 1.0%. Cardiomegalys were seen in 3.1% of the subjects. Thus, pulmonary tuberculosis, emphysema, and lung cancer remain to be the important lung diseases among the elderly.

並列關鍵字

elderly ； pulmonary diseases ； X-ray examination