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Hospital-based annual incidence rates for schizophrenia in Croatia over 1965-84 did not change significantly. Rates ranged from 0.21 to 0.22 per 1,000 population (0.26-0.29 per 1,000 population aged over 15). Factors that could influence these rates were analysed, but it appeared that the rates were a true reflection of the incidence rate of schizophrenia in the Croatian population.

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The authors present data from the Republic of Croatia on schizophrenia rates in a birth cohort prenatally exposed to the 1957 A2 influenza epidemic and in comparison (unexposed) birth cohorts. The rate of schizophrenia did not differ significantly between the exposed and unexposed cohorts.

Study objective-The aim was to examine why differences exist in schizophrenia prevalence and risk in some areas of Croatia, when schizophrenia incidence rates do not appear to vary.Design-Areas differing by schizophrenia admission rates in patients born in 1953 and admitted by the age of 31 years are compared using a number of indicators relating both to general population characteristics and to those of schizophrenic cases in these populations.Setting-The study covers the whole of Croatia (4 601