Review of Health Status among the Rural Population of Jammu District of the State Jammu & Kashmir, India

Abstract

Non communicable diseases are rises everywhere in the world. According to National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2005-06, the prevalence of anaemia was 70% in children age 6 to 59 months, 55% in females aged 15 to 49 and 24% in male aged 15 to 49 of years. Although the prevalence of anaemia was higher in rural area, there is scantiness of data about the epidemiology of anaemia in rural settings. Hypertension affects more than quarter of the worlds adult population. Diabetes also rises rapidly among the adult population. Hypertension can hasten the impediment of the diabetes. The diabetic patient with hypertension is particularly challenging to treat because many of the agents used to lower blood pressure can affect glucose metabolism adversely. The present study determined the health status of the population in rural area of Jammu district. Cross sectional and stepwise methodology use for to accomplish this study. For this purposed a stratified cluster random sampling technique were used for data collection. Study found that out of total surveyed population 20.7% were unhealthy. And anaemia & hypertension were highest among the disease.