[Sick rate of scabies among people in the city of Katowice]

The incidence of scabies disease was analysed among women, men and children in Katowice in 1993-1997. The materials came from the Municipal Hospital of Dermatology and from the Clinic of Dermatology in Katowice. From the analysis of materials follows that the precentage of infected women and men was low in the studied period and fuctuated between 0.5 % and 1.8 %. Higher percentage appeared among children. The precentage of hospitalized children was higher (9.4 %-12.6 %) than at children from the clinic (2-2.4 %). The most cases concerned children between 1 and 5 years old.