EXCEL International Journal of Multidisciplinary Management Studies
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 5

Prevalence of anemia in college going youths in Urban setting of a dist. of Northern India

  • Author:
  • Minakshi Kharb, Ramesh Verma1, Vinay Govila, Kuldeep , Varun Arora2, Sheilja 3
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Page Number: 58 to 68

1Medical Officer I/C, Rural Health Training Centre, CHC CHIRI

2Asst. professor, Department of Community Medicine, PGIMS, Rohtak

3Junior Resident, Department of Physiology, PGIMS, Rohtak

*Civil Surgeon Dist. Rohtak

**Deputy Civil Surgeon, Rohtak

Online published on 18 June, 2013.

Abstract

What is the prevalence of Anaemia in college going youths in urban setting of a Dist. of Northern India?

To determine prevalence of Anaemia in college going youths in urban setting of a Dist. of Northern India.

Cross-sectional, descriptive

Government colleges for women in urban setting of Dist.Rohtak

Percentage, simple proportion, chi square test, One factorANOVA

3536 college going young women.

The overall prevalence of anaemia was 52.46%. 1855 out of 3536 young women had varying severity of anaemia while anaemia was absent in 47.54% of the girls. Out of the 3536 girls, 653 (18.46%) were mildly anaemic, 1118 (31.61%) were moderately anaemic and 84 (2.37%) were severel yanaemic.

The present study revealed anaemia to be a major public health problem among the college going girls studying in urban setting in Northern India.