地方性克汀病在地甲病患病率达20%以上的地区多见。患病以智力低下、身体矮小、面容愚笨、反应迟钝为其主要表现。给家庭和社会带来很大不利影响。为保护人民身体健康,促进四化建设,在乡医院和乡村医生的配合下,我们于1984年对地甲病患病率较高的伍家湾乡进行了一次地方性克汀病的病情调查。现将这次调查所得到的资料整理报告如下: Local cretinism in the prevalence rate of up to 20% more common in areas. Illness with mental retardation, short stature, stupid face, unresponsive for its main performance. To the family and society have a great adverse impact. In order to protect the health of the people and promote the four modernizations, we conducted a survey of endemic cretinism in 1984 in Wujiawan, a country with a higher prevalence of dementia, in cooperation with township hospitals and village doctors . Now the data collected by this survey are as follows: