CLINICAL STATISTICS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY OF GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL STATISTICS ON NEW OUTPATIENTS IN 1996

We report the clinical statistics for new outpatients in our department in 1996. The total number of new outpatients was 878, 629 males and 249 females, with a sex ratio of 2.52 : 1. The majority of patients both male and female were in the 7 th decade of life. 378 of the patients (43. 1 %) were referred to our department by other sources. There were 149 malignant tumors, consisting of prostate cancer in 51 patients, renal cell carcinoma in 41, testicular tumors in 25, and bladder tumors in 19. Benign prostatic hypertrophy, in 100 patients, accounted for a large number of the benign tumors. Other major categories of patients were urinary tract stone patients (60 cases), renal transplantation and dialysis patients (54 cases), and cystitis patients (35 cases). Compared with other hospitals, the percentages of patients of prostatic cancer, renal cell carcinoma, testicular tumor, and renal transplantation, dialysis were higher. The percentages of cases of cystitis, bladder tumors, sexually transmitted diseases, phimosis, balanoposthitis, and injury were rare.