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. 2008 Jul 21;8:153. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-153

Table 2.

Comparison of disease prevalence rates by ACG and Department of Health (DOH), Taiwan


Disease markers
Prevalence rate (per 1,000 NHI enrollees)

DOH ACG
Asthma 34.4 33.6
Benign prostate hypertrophy 15.0 15.6
Cataract 28.7 29.8
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases 38.0 36.0
Cardiac arrhythmia 18.5 18.6
Cerebrovascular diseases 21.1 21.5
Diabetes 44.4 50.0
Hepatitis 49.2 54.0
Hypertension 91.7 110.2
Malignant tumors 15.0 16.1
Otitis media 31.5 30.1
Parkinson diseases 2.78 3.00
Pulmonary tuberculosis 5.8 7.5
Complications in pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium 20.0 19.1
Urinary tract stones 15.1 18.1