In 1883, Kanehiro learned of a very high incidence of beriberi among cadets on a training mission from Japan to Hawaii, via New Zealand and South America that lasted more than 9 months, resulting 376 cases of sickness and 25 deaths on a ship of 169 men.

A more recent Brazilian study of 44 patients with Tourette syndrome found a 14 % rate of coprolalia ; a Costa Rican study of 85 subjects found 20 % had coprolalia ; a Chilean study of 70 patients found an 8. 5 % rate of coprolalia ; older studies in Japan reported a 4 % incidence of coprolalia ; and a still older clinical study in Brazil found 28 % of 32 patients had coprolalia.

For populations without origins in Northern Europe, the incidence is significantly lower, 1: 51, 000 in Japan and 1: 700, 000 in Taiwan.

The incidence in Japan has fallen over the past few decades, probably due to land development driven decreasing exposure, and many prefectures report fewer than 50 cases per year.

Most cases occur in Japan and Korea ( where the incidence is 1 in 300, 000 births ) and Palestinian Arabs.

In a recent epidemiologic study from Japan, Autoimmune PAP has an incidence and prevalence higher than previously reported and is not strongly linked to smoking, occupational exposure, or other illnesses.

School children in Japan undergo routine urinalysis ( as do Army recruits in Singapore ) and any suspicious abnormality is pursued with a kidney biopsy, which might partly explain the high incidence of IgA nephropathy in those countries.

Recent figures quote the incidence of Acute Rheumatic Fever as 0. 6-0. 7 / 1 000 population in the USA and Japan compared with 15-21 / 1 000 population in Asia and Africa.

In Japan the overall incidence is higher ( 0. 35 per 100, 000 ).

Madagascar and Japan have the highest incidence.

Estimates of SPCD in Japan have showed a similar incidence of 1: 40, 000.

For these and other reasons, BCG was therefore given to time with the peak incidence of pulmonary disease.

Routine immunization with BCG was withdrawn in 2005 because of falling cost-effectiveness: whereas in 1953, 94 children would have to be immunized to prevent one case of TB, by 1988, the annual incidence of TB in the UK had fallen so much, 12, 000 children would have to be immunized to prevent one case of TB.

This rate was between 2. 5 and 3. 2 times the normal incidence of lung or respiratory cancers.

This Act was created to promote employment of older persons based on their ability rather than age ; to prohibit arbitrary age discrimination in employment ; to help employers and workers find ways of meeting problems arising from the impact of age on employment because in the face of rising productivity and affluence, older workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced from jobs ; the setting of arbitrary age limits regardless of potential for job performance has become a common practice, and certain otherwise desirable practices may work to the disadvantage of older persons ; the incidence of unemployment, especially long-term unemployment with resultant deterioration of skill, morale, and employer acceptability is, relative to the younger ages, high among older workers ; their numbers are great and growing ; and their employment problems grave ; and the existence in industries affecting commerce, of arbitrary discrimination in employment because of age, burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce.

For men, a 5-66 % incidence of lymphedema has been reported in patients treated with incidence depending on whether staging or radical removal of lymph glands was done in addition to radiotherapy.

1938: Indian Research Fund Association was established which formed a committee that undertook the investigation into the incidence & cause of Maternal & infant morbidity & mortslity.

A statistically insignificant increase in the incidence of myocardial infarctions was observed in patients on rofecoxib.

Another measure of the difference between these two similarly named but very distinct awards is their per-capita frequency of award: from 1946 to 1961 the average annual incidence of award of the Medal of Freedom was approximately 1 per every 86, 500 adult U. S. citizens ; from 1996 to 2011 the average annual incidence of award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom was approximately 1 per every 20, 500, 000 adult U. S. citizens ( so on an annualized per capita basis, about 240 Medals of Freedom have been awarded per one Presidential Medal of Freedom ).

Floats were occasionally propelled from within by concealed oarsmen, but the practice was abandoned because of the high incidence of drowning when the lightweight and unstable frames capsized.

The overall incidence of adverse events at six weeks was 41 % ( 138 / 335 ) in the ciprofloxacin arm compared to 31 % ( 109 / 349 ) in the control arm .. Serious adverse events were seen in 7. 5 % ( 25 / 335 ) of ciprofloxacin

During this time, there was a high incidence of Gemina ( twin ) legions, where two legions were consolidated into a single organization ( and was later made official and put under a dux and six duces ).

Bergler argued that Kinsey's statistical research overestimated the incidence of homosexuality because it was conducted in cities where perversion thrived.

The Hepatitis C virus was identified using novel molecular cloning techniques in 1987, leading to screening tests that dramatically reduced the incidence of post-transfusion hepatitis.

A French team developed the vaccine FNV ( French neurotropic vaccine ), which was extracted from mouse brain tissue – but since it was associated with a higher incidence of encephalitis, FNV was not recommended after 1961.

The tank car carrying the metam sodium through California was of a type that the National Transportation Safety Board said had “ a high incidence of failure ” in accidents.

One study showed the incidence of flushing was significantly lower with a sustained release formulation though doses above 2 g per day have been associated with liver damage, in particular, with slow-release formulations.

Some, such as Inkeles ( 1959 ), Johnson ( 1965 ) and Gibbs ( 1968 ), have claimed that Durkheim's only intent was to explain suicide sociologically within a holistic perspective, emphasizing that " he intended his theory to explain variation among social environments in the incidence of suicide, not the suicides of particular individuals.

DID became a popular diagnosis in the 1970s, 80s and 90s but it is unclear if the actual incidence of the disorder increased, if it was more recognized by clinicians, or if sociocultural factors caused an increase in iatrogenic presentations.

The documented incidence of this happening is less than one per million immunizations given.

Egypt has one of the highest incidence of road fatalities per miles driven in the world.

When moving from a denser medium into a less dense one ( i. e., n < sub > 1 </ sub > > n < sub > 2 </ sub >), above an incidence angle known as the critical angle, all light is reflected and R < sub > s </ sub > = R < sub > p </ sub > = 1.

According to Fresnel equations, the reflectivity of a sheet of glass is about 4 % per surface ( at normal incidence in air ), and the transmissivity of one element ( two surfaces ) is about 92 %.

Sweet oral liquid moderately reduces the incidence and duration of crying caused by immunization injection in children between one and twelve months of age.

As the angle of incidence increases, the " escape " distance of one side of the beam will decrease, and more secondary electrons will be emitted.

When light travels from a medium with a higher refractive index to one with a lower refractive index, Snell's law seems to require in some cases ( whenever the angle of incidence is large enough ) that the sine of the angle of refraction be greater than one.

In one study in China, the planting of several varieties of rice in the same field increased yields by 89 %, largely because of a dramatic ( 94 %) decrease in the incidence of disease, making pesticides less necessary.

In one Hungarian longitudinal study, a district in which home-smoked meat was the predominant protein source consumed showed that the incidence of stomach cancer, relative to all other cancers, was nearly twice as high ( 47 %– 50 %) as that of the general Hungarian population ( 29. 9 %).

One survey cites studies that estimate incidence at one case every ten to thirty vasectomies.

In contrast, the incidence and mortality rates for Hispanic men are one third lower than for non-Hispanic whites.

The incidence of pituitary tumors may be relatively high, as much as one in five people, but only a minute fraction are active and produce excessive hormones.

Several epidemiological studies in the years since the accident have supported the conclusion that radiation released from the accident had no perceptible effect on cancer incidence in residents near the plant, though these findings are contested by one team of researchers.

Several case-control studies have found statins reduce cancer incidence, including one which showed patients taking statins for over five years reduced their risk of colorectal cancer by 50 %; this effect was not exhibited by fibrates, although the trialists warned the number needed to treat would approximate 5000, making statins unlikely tools for primary prevention.

This corresponds to a national incidence of one centenarian per 4, 400 people.

A high incidence of egg predators stealing from sandpiper nests built on flat beaches makes at least one species a good example of polyandry.

* In 2004, Volatile Films released a feature length film titled The Significance of Seventeen starring Cindy Taylor ; one theme addressed by the film is the high incidence of the number 17 and its function as ' the most random number ' as described by MIT.

Spina bifida is one of the most common birth defects, with an average worldwide incidence of one to two cases per 1000 births, but certain populations have a significantly greater risk.