A door-to-door survey was carried out to screen a community of 14,010 people (Parsis living in colonies in Bombay, India) for possible neurologic diseases. High school graduates, social workers, and medical students administered a screening questionnaire that in a pilot survey had a sensitivity of 100% for identifying persons with epilepsy. Neurologists used defined diagnostic criteria to evaluate individuals positive on the screening survey. Sixty-six persons (43 males, 23 females) suffered from epilepsy (4.7 cases/1,000). Of those, 50 (34 males, 16 females) had active epilepsy (3.6 cases/1,000). The age-specific prevalence ratios remained fairly constant for each age group except for a small peak in the group aged 20-39 years for all epilepsy cases combined. Age-adjusted prevalence ratios were higher for males. The most common seizure type was partial (36 cases). The most frequently associated conditions were cerebral palsy and mental retardation. The majority of individuals were receiving medication as of prevalence day (47 cases).

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We carried out a door-to-door survey to screen for neurologic diseases, including peripheral neuropathy, in a community of 14,010 Parsis living in housing colonies in Bombay, India. The most common neurologic disorder was peripheral neuropathy with 334 cases (2,384 cases/100,000 population). The most common neuropathy was compressive, with diabetes the most common noncompressive etiology. There was no leprosy, and nutritional neuropathies were rare.

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A door-to-door survey of 14,010 Parsis living in colonies in Bombay, India, screened people for possible neurologic diseases. High school graduates, social workers, and a medical student administered a questionnaire that had been shown in a pilot study to have a sensitivity of 100% for identifying persons with stroke. Neurologists used defined diagnostic criteria to evaluate those who were positive on the screening survey. One hundred eighteen persons (57 men, 61 women) suffered from stroke (842.3 cases/100,000 population). The age-specific prevalence ratios increased with age for both sexes and for each age group. Age-adjusted prevalence ratios were slightly higher for men than for women. The most common type of stroke was ischemic (114 cases). (Stroke 1988;19:60-62)