Anaemia and associated factors among the Bengali Muslims of Cachar district in Assam, India

Year 2017, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 1 - 12, 30.12.2017

A. F. Gulenur Islam Barbhuiya

Abstract

Present study is an effort to observe the prevalence of anaemia
with reference to age, education and income among the Bengali
Muslims of Cachar District of Assam, India. The data have been
collected by household census method and colour scale for
haemoglobin among 362 Bengali Muslims (male-183, female-179)
of 15 to 79 years of age from Ganganagar Part-I and Bhaurikandi
Part-II village of Cachar District. The study reveals that half
(50.0%) of the adult Bengali Muslim population is prone to
different grades of anaemia. 20.7% of them are found to have
mild anaemia; but a major proportion (27.1%) of them are
suffering from moderate anaemia and 2.2% of them are found to
be severely anaemic. Prevalence of anaemia is found to be
significantly high (p-0.001) among the Bengali Muslim females
(60.3%) compared to their male counterparts (39.9%). Anaemia is
found to be more prevalent in older age groups in comparison to
younger age groups of the community. Prevalence of anaemia
decreases with the increase of educational status and per capita
monthly income in the community. The interaction of different
factors like age, education, income and overall socio-economic
condition may have influenced the anaemic situation in the
community.

Keywords

Bengali Muslims, Cachar, Anaemia, Age, Education, Income

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