Epidemiological aspects of nutritional anaemia in children below five years

Summary A survey of children from the rural and urban communities around Kanpur revealed that 12.7 per cent of children had anaemia. Clinically, the prevalence of anaemia was found to be high in the 6 months to 2 years age group, in familiess and in rural children. Children from families of low economic status; those who were top fed and had associated gastrointestinal or respiratory illness, were affected more often than others. The mean haemoglobin of urban children was more than that of the rural group. From the Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Colleges, Agra and Kanpur, and the Unit of Statistics and Demography, Dept. of Gynaecology, S.N. Medical College, Agra.