地力病对人群的危害极大,对儿童、青年和壮年尤为严重。它分布广、病种多,危害大。在全国2,046县中,1983个县有不同的地方病流行,占97％;病区人口约5亿,各种地方病的现症病人多达6千万以上。地方病多流行于“老少边穷”地区的农村,许多重病人瘫卧病床,完全丧失劳动能力;有的病人甚至身患三种以上地方病,身体受到严重摧残。建国以来,我国全面加强了卫生工作以及地方病、血吸虫病和其它疾病的防治工作。经过三十多年的努力,严重危害人民健康的一些地方病得到了有效的控制。目前全国已有15个省、自治区、直辖市基本控制了地方性甲状腺肿;基本控制了克山病的暴发流行;大骨节病的发病率也大幅度下降;解放初期流行于12个省、区的血吸虫病,已有112个县(市)达到消灭的标准,现患者已由1,100多万减少到百 Geodetic diseases are extremely damaging to the population, especially to children, young people and prime of life. It is widely distributed, disease and more harmful. Of the 2,046 counties in the country, 1983 counties have different endemic epidemics, accounting for 97% of the total. The ward has a population of about 500 million. As many as 60 million endemic diseases are endemic to various endemic areas. The epidemic is endemic in rural areas where “young and old are poor” and many seriously ill patients are completely crashed out of beds and some patients are even suffering from more than three endemic diseases and their bodies are severely damaged. Since the founding of the People’s Republic, China has comprehensively strengthened its work on prevention and control of endemic diseases, schistosomiasis and other diseases. After more than 30 years of hard work, some endemic diseases that seriously endanger the health of the people have been effectively controlled. At present, 15 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government have basically controlled endemic goiter. They have basically controlled the outbreak of Keshan disease. The incidence of Kashin-Beck disease has also dropped drastically. In the early days of the liberation, epidemics were endemic to 12 provinces and autonomous regions Schistosomiasis, 112 counties (cities) have reached the standard of elimination, the number of patients has been reduced from more than 11 million to 100