Prevalence of Anemia Among Schedule Caste Women in Rural Area of Eastern Nepal

• Published in: International journal of applied sciences and biotechnology Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 264 - 268
• Main Authors: Sinha, Amar Kumar, Gaire, Chandra Prakash, Pokhrel, Babu Ram
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 27.06.2019
• ISSN: 2091-2609; 2091-2609
• DOI: 10.3126/ijasbt.v7i2.24649

Anemia of schedule caste women in Rural area ofeastern Nepal is a prominent problem in developing countries. On the present study is to determine the prevalence of anemia of schedule caste women of Baijnathpur, eastern Nepal.  A Cross sectional study was conducted to the schedule caste non -pregnant women of the age group 20 - >70 years during August - November 2015.A total 432 women were participant in the present study. Cyanmethamoglobin used for the determination of anaemia. The prevalence of anaemia was found to be 242(56%) out of N= 432 women. Anaemia was classified as per the world health organization (WHO), mild, moderate and severe. The highest prevalence of anaemia 66.7% was found at the age group of 50-59 years and second highest 59.3% was found at the age group of 20-29 years of the anaemic population. The mean and SD of haemoglobin were 11.49±2.05gm/dl and 10.14±1.57 gm/dl of total and anaemic population respectively  Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 7(2): 264-268