地方性克汀病主要流行于地方性甲状腺肿(简称地甲病)的重病区及古老病区。我省历史上就是地甲病的高发区,据1952～1953年的调查,德宏洲的潞西、瑞丽、陇川、盈江等县地甲病的患病率为25.3％,其中潞西县的象滚塘、河心厂患病率高达43.5％。且有相当数量的地方性克汀病患者(象滚塘占受检人数的6.67％,河心厂占4.82％)。近十多年来。我省主要盐矿已进行食盐加碘,但对实际效果未作调查。为了解当前本病的发病情况并为今后的 Local cretinism is mainly endemic to endemic goiter and ancient ward in endemic goiter. According to the survey from 1952 to 1953, the prevalence of a disease in Luxi, Ruili, Longchuan, Yingjiang and other counties in Dehong Island was 25.3%, of which Luxi The county as Rolling pond, river heart plant prevalence rate of up to 43.5%. And there is a considerable number of endemic cretinism patients (like Rollington accounted for 6.67% of the number of subjects, river heart factory accounted for 4.82%). In the past ten years. The main salt mine in our province has been salt iodized, but no actual results were investigated. To understand the current incidence of the disease and for the future