1Associate Professor, People's College of Medical Sciences and Research, Bhopal (M. P.)
2Lecturer, People's Dental Academy, Bhopal (M.P.)
*Corresponding Author: Singh Sanat, Associate Professor, People's College of Medical Sciences and Research, Bhopal (M. P.)
Online published on 31 October, 2013.
To assess the fracture injuries in Tribal and Non-tribal patients.
Fifty six confirmed fractures patients of both sexes and all age groups belonging to tribal and non-tribal community.
expressed in simple proportion.
36.36% tribal female sustained fracture injury in comparison to 26.31% male counterparts in zero to 15 years of age group while in case of non tribal, reveals 37.5% male and 14.28% female got fractures. In 16 to 35 years of age, it has been revealed that 07.31%tribal patients got fracture in comparison to 13.33% non-tribal. In the age group of 36 to 55 age groups, over all 31.57% and 27.27%tribal male and females fall victim of fracture in comparison to zero and 42.85% male and female non-tribal counterparts In 55 and above age group, it has been noted that in Group-II and IV tribal males were more sufferers in comparison to their female counterparts, while in Group-III and V it was females. Regarding non-tribal, 07.28% females got fracture in Group-I only while 12.5% males each in Group-II, III and IV. Overall, higher proportion of non-tribal got fracture in Group-I, II and IV while tribal in Group-III and V.
From above observations and discussion the authors reached to the conclusion that patients of both community (tribal and non-tribal) were more or less equally sufferers. The authors recommend more and more such studies are to be conducted. The findings of this study will provide basic data on which to hang the findings of the studies to be conducted in future.
Hang, National Tribal Health Mission
