[Incidence of simple goiter among the population of the Gołdap community]

The possibility of the occurrence of goiter endemia++ among the inhabitants of Gołdap community in the Suwałki voivodeship has been investigated. The investigations embraced 2488 persons, i.e. 21% of the population of the studied community. The occurrence of goiter was revealed in 38% of the investigated persons, and this observation lead to the conclusion that goiter is endemic among the population of the Gołdap community. Such features as high incidence of thyroid enlargement of low degree (OB and I), higher incidence of goiter in women than in men, absence of cases with hypothyroidism, and low incidence of nodular goiter, characterize the observed endemia++ as mild.