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THE INCIDENCE OF THE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN CHILDREN
Michael B. Rothenberg, Walter Heymann
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Abstract
The results of a 5-year survey of the incidence of the nephrotic syndrome in children, in Ohio are presented. For the Greater Cleveland Area, with a total population of 1,500,000, there were 0.8 new cases per year per 100,000 total population and 6.9 new cases per year per 100,000 children aged 0 to 9 years; using an average duration of this disease of 2 to 5 years, there were 1.5 to 3.8 active cases per year per 100,000 total population and 13.8 to 34.5 active cases per year per 100,000 children aged 0 to 9 years. For the state of Ohio, with a total population of 8,000,000, there were 0.5 new cases per year per 100,000 total population and 2.3 new cases per year per 100,000 children aged 0 to 9 years; again using an average duration of this disease of 2 to 5 years, there were 1.0 to 2.5 active cases per year per 100,000 total population and 4.6 to 11.4 active cases per year per 100,000 children aged 0 to 9 years. A nationwide survey of the incidence of the nephrotic syndrome in children has been attempted, using death rates as an indicator of incidence. A possibly higher, or at least equal incidence of this disease in non-white than white children was found. A higher incidence of this disease in both the white and non-white populations of certain southern states as compared to the North was noted.