A Study To Assess The PREVALENCE OF ANEMIA & IT'S Socio Demographic Factors Among The Women Of AN URBAN SLUM OF Mankhurd.

Deepa Pankaj Ghundiyal; Samir H Golawar; Rushali Rajan Lilare

Volume : IX, Issue : XII, December - 2019

A Study To Assess The PREVALENCE OF ANEMIA & IT'S Socio Demographic Factors Among The Women Of AN URBAN SLUM OF Mankhurd.

Deepa Pankaj Ghundiyal, Samir H Golawar, Rushali Rajan Lilare

Abstract :

Background: Iron deficiency which is the leading cause for anemia is estimated to be responsible for about half of all anaemia globally which has increased by 4 percentage points in NFHS 4 since NFHS–3 in Maharshtra. So the study was done to to find the prevalence of anemia & socio demographic factors of it among the women of an urban slum of Mankhurd, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Methods: The Community based cross sectional descriptive study was carried out during the period from January to December 2014 in an urban slum of Mankhurd. The estimated sample size was be calculated as 315. Haemoglobin estimation was done by Sahli’s Method. Data collected and statistically analysed using SPSS 20 statistical package. Results: The prevalence of anemia was 49.5 %. About 41.6% & 54.4% were Hindus & Muslims had anemia respectively. About 73.1% married women had anemia .28.2%, 34% and 25.6% of the women who were educated up to primary , secondary and higher secondary were anemic respectively. Majority of the anemic women belongs to class IV whereas with no anemia belong to class III. About 17.9% women were having vegetarian type of diet had anemia. Whereas 82.1% women even though having mixed type of diet were found anemic. 24(17.9%), 48(35.8%) and 62(46.3%) women who had 1, 2 and 3 or >3 pregnancies in the past had anemia respectively. About 52(38.8%), 68(50.7%) and 14(10.5%) anemic women had 1 or <1, 2 and 3 or >3 years of interval in between pregnancies respectively. Conclusions: In the study majority of anemic women were among 15 to 25 years of age group. Higher prevalence of anemia among was among the women those belongs to socioeconomic class IV & with increases as number & interval between pregnancies.