[Epidemiological situation of trichinosis in Poland 1980-1989].

The epidemiological situation of trichinellosis has improved in 1985-1989 in Poland considerably. In relation to previous years (1980-1984) we could observe both decrease in a total number of cases by 691 incidence and the median of incidence rates ranged from 0.9 to 0.5 per 100,000. The number of deaths declined from 18 to 6. At the same time declined the number of provinces in which cases of trichinellosis were reported each year.