title: Prevalence of Anemia among Chinese Rural Residents.
abstract: This paper presents an analysis of the level of blood hemoglobin and the rates of anemia in Chinese rural residents in the 2010-2012 National Nutrition and Health Survey, and the change in its prevalence in rural residents during the last ten years. Our methodology included data from the Chinese Nutrition and Health Surveillance in 2010-2012, where samples were selected through the method of probability proportion to size. The study objects were from 150 sites in provinces, autonomous regions, or municipalities in China. The concentration of blood hemoglobin was determined using the cyanmethemoglobin method. Anemia was judged by the anemia standard recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), combined with elevation correction standard. The level of blood hemoglobin, the prevalence of anemia, and the 95% CI (Confidence interval) value were analyzed using complex sampling weighted processing, combined with the population figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2009. Our results indicate that the level of blood hemoglobin of the Chinese rural area population was 145.92 ± 0.83 g/L, with the prevalence of anemia in the Chinese rural population at 9.7% (95% CI: 9.4%-10.0%). The prevalence of anemia in children 6-11 years old was 5.5% (95% CI: 5.0%-6.0%), 8.1% (95% CI: 7.5%-8.7%) for 12-17-year-old teenagers, 10.0% (95% CI: 9.4%-10.6%) for 18-44-year-old adults, 9.6% (95% CI: 9.0%-10.1%) for 45-59-year-old adults, and 12.6% (95% CI: 11.9%-13.3%) for the elderly above 60 years old. Our conclusion shows that the prevalence of anemia in the Chinese rural population in 2010-2012 had obviously decreased compared to the last decade; however, women of reproductive age and the elderly still had a high prevalence of anemia.
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 103, 29 Nan Wei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, China. lmlovely@163.com.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 103, 29 Nan Wei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, China. huyichun0319@163.com.
authors.forename: Yichun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 103, 29 Nan Wei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, China. dqmao@126.com.
authors.forename: Deqian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 103, 29 Nan Wei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, China. bluingwang@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 103, 29 Nan Wei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, China. chenjing1909@sina.com.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 103, 29 Nan Wei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, China. weidongli0507@126.com.
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 103, 29 Nan Wei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, China. xgyangcdc@vip.sina.com.
authors.forename: Xiaoguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 103, 29 Nan Wei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, China. piao_jianhua@sohu.com.
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piao
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 103, 29 Nan Wei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, China. yanglc@ninh.chinacdc.cn.
authors.forename: Lichen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D044466:Asian People; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins
keywords: anemia;  Chinese rural residents;  hemoglobin;  nutrition survey