title: Epidemiology of anemia among attendants of primary health care, Jeddah.
abstract: This study was carried out to find the prevalence of anemia, as well as associated factors in the studied group. The material of this study included all reports of diseases that were sent from all PHC, Jeddah city, to the Health Information Systems Unit at the Directorate of PHC, Jeddah during the year of 1415 Hegrian. Data about anemia were collected and analyzed. Results of the study showed that the prevalence of anemia was found to be 1.82% in the studied group, among Saudi population it was found to be 1.84%. The prevalence of anemia among females was found to be 2.39% which was significantly higher than that among males (1.25%). Also, the prevalence of anemia was found to be significantly higher among different age groups compared to those aged 1-4 years. The prevalence of anemia was found also to be affected by geographic distribution of the population.
authors.affiliation: Arab Board of Community Medicine, Jeddah.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Badawood
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Salem
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012042:Registries; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*