Research Article
Differences in Selected Health Traits between Occupational Groups among Oraons of Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal
Table 4
Classification of age and selected health traits in brickfield and agricultural labourers of male and female, respectively.
| | | Male | Female | | |
Agricultural labourer () |
Brickfield labourer
() |
Agricultural labourer () |
Brickfield labourer
() | | | | % | | % | | % | | % |
| | Age groups (years) | | | | | | | | | | Up to 20 | 8 | 12.90 | 14 | 10.29 | 4 | 9.30 | 20 | 17.24 | | 21–30 | 30 | 48.39 | 50 | 36.76 | 24 | 55.81 | 45 | 38.79 | | 31–40 | 13 | 20.97 | 30 | 22.06 | 10 | 23.26 | 31 | 26.72 | | 41–50 | 8 | 12.90 | 27 | 19.85 | 5 | 11.63 | 17 | 14.66 | | More than 50 | 3 | 4.84 | 15 | 11.03 | — | — | 3 | 2.59 | | BMI category (WHO, 2004) | | | | | | | | | | Severe thinness | 3 | 4.83 | 8 | 5.88 | 2 | 4.65 | 10 | 8.62 | | Moderate thinness | 10 | 16.12 | 17 | 12.50 | 8 | 18.60 | 18 | 15.51 | | Mild thinness | 26 | 41.93 | 50 | 36.76 | 20 | 46.51 | 38 | 32.75 | | Normal | 23 | 37.09 | 58 | 42.64 | 13 | 30.23 | 50 | 43.10 | | Overweight | — | — | 2 | 1.47 | — | — | — | — | | Anaemic status (WHO, 2011) | | | | | | | | | | Severe | 1 | 1.61 | 9 | 6.72 | 10 | 23.26 | 36 | 31.03 | | Moderate | 6 | 9.68 | 47 | 35.07 | 26 | 60.47 | 66 | 56.90 | | Mild | 40 | 64.52 | 53 | 39.55 | 7 | 16.28 | 11 | 9.48 | | Normal | 15 | 24.19 | 25 | 18.66 | — | — | 3 | 2.59 | | Blood pressure category (JNC 7) | | | | | | | | | | Normal | 12 | 19.35 | 47 | 35.07 | 13 | 30.23 | 51 | 43.97 | | Prehypertensive | 31 | 50.00 | 46 | 34.33 | 16 | 37.21 | 37 | 31.90 | | Stage 1 hypertension | 11 | 17.74 | 23 | 17.16 | 9 | 20.93 | 9 | 7.76 | | Stage 2 hypertension | 8 | 12.90 | 18 | 13.43 | 5 | 11.63 | 19 | 16.38 |
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