PREVALENCE OF ANEMIA AMONG THE GENERAL POPULATION OF MALWA (M.P.), INDIA

• DOI: 10.14260/jemds/214
• Publication Date: 2013-11-12T04:28:31Z
• Authors: Prakash Joshi; Dolly Joseph; Pranay Bajpai; Piyush Manoria; Priya Joshi; Vishal Yadav; Himanshu Dagore; Jha R.K.
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; 3. Good health

BACKGROUND: Anemia is highly prevalent in infants, children and females of reproductive age group because of increase demand of iron and micronutrients. Studies from different geographical areas have been published from time to time regarding its prevalence in different age groups, but there are very few studies published from central India. With this background we started our study to asses prevalence of anemia in general population of malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, so that in future we can intervene early in high risk groups and prevent complications. AIMS: As very few study have been published regarding the prevalence of Anemia in Madhya Pradesh ,our present study aims to assess the prevalence of anemia in the general population of Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh. MATERIALS & METHODS: In this study, 1645 cases were selected randomly from the attendants of patients coming to different OPDs of Sri Aurobindo institute of medical sciences Indore, Madhya Pradesh from January 2011 to January 2012, including both sexes and from different age group. Pregnant woman and elderly (>60 yr) were excluded in this study. The study recorded the Hemoglobin, Red cell indices, Peripheral blood smear examination and used these parameters to classify anemia morphologically. RESULTS: Out of 1645 cases selected randomly from apparently normal people, 740(44.98%) people were found to be anemic out of them 426 (25.90%) were female and 314 (19.08%)were male, with a male to female ratio of 1:1.35.Maximum cases were found to be in age group of 20-40 years 474/740(64.19%). CONCLUSION: In our study we found