TY  - JOUR
T1  - Anaemia and associated factors among the Bengali Muslims of Cachar district in Assam, India
AU  - Islam Barbhuiya, A. F. Gulenur
PY  - 2017
DA  - December
JF  - Eurasian Journal of Anthropology
JO  - Euras J Anthropol
PB  - ÖREN-ADRAMYTTEİON ANTİK KENTİ KÜLTÜR TURİZM VE DOĞA DERNEĞİ
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2166-7411
SP  - 1
EP  - 12
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - Present study is an effort to observe the prevalence of anaemiawith reference to age, education and income among the BengaliMuslims of Cachar District of Assam, India. The data have beencollected by household census method and colour scale forhaemoglobin among 362 Bengali Muslims (male-183, female-179)of 15 to 79 years of age from Ganganagar Part-I and BhaurikandiPart-II village of Cachar District. The study reveals that half(50.0%) of the adult Bengali Muslim population is prone todifferent grades of anaemia. 20.7% of them are found to havemild anaemia; but a major proportion (27.1%) of them aresuffering from moderate anaemia and 2.2% of them are found tobe severely anaemic. Prevalence of anaemia is found to besignificantly high (p-0.001) among the Bengali Muslim females(60.3%) compared to their male counterparts (39.9%). Anaemia isfound to be more prevalent in older age groups in comparison toyounger age groups of the community. Prevalence of anaemiadecreases with the increase of educational status and per capitamonthly income in the community. The interaction of differentfactors like age, education, income and overall socio-economiccondition may have influenced the anaemic situation in thecommunity.
KW  - Bengali Muslims
KW  - Cachar
KW  - Anaemia
KW  - Age
KW  - Education
KW  - Income
CR  - Ahmad N, Kalakoti P, Bano R, Arif SMM. (2010) The prevalence of anemia and associated factors in pregnant women in a rural Indian community. Australas Med J 3(5):276-280.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/eja/article/619682
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/807155
ER  -