Demographic aspects of Paget's disease of bone in the Negev of southern Israel

摘要: In a mainly retrospective but partly prospective survey of the period 1968–1993 in southern Israel, 61 cases Paget's disease bone were identified. Fifty six percent non-Afro-Asian origin and 44% originated from Afro-Asia, which is approximately inverse ratio local general population. The largest single groups non-Afro-Asia Afro-Asia originated, Romania Tunisia, respectively, Australia Argentina also disproportionately prominent as countries origin. Israel itself was few patients. All patients Jews except for one Bedouin Arab, far different distribution Bedouins both surveyed area hospital differences between these numerically against background population may well have been statistically significant had circumstances enabled greater randomness collection data analyzed. It surmised that prevalence about 1%, similar to Europe.