Health: Cognition and Threshold among the Oraon Tea Garden Labourers of Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal

Table 2

Frequency and percentage of ailment symptoms.

Reported ailment symptoms	Male (𝑁=206)		Female (𝑁=294)
	No.	%	No.	%
Sore throat or runny nose with fever	71	34.47	158	53.74
Coughed for more than a week	76	38.89	151	51.34
Coughed phlegm for more than 2 weeks	64	31.07	132	44.90
Coughed out blood more than a day at a stretch	3	1.46	1	0.34
Repeated indigestion and stomach upset	37	17.96	59	20.07
Vomited several times for more than a day	14	6.80	26	8.84
Diarrhoea more than 5 days	54	26.21	98	33.33
Abdominal pain lasting more than a day	72	34.95	147	50.00
Blood mixed in stool frequently	33	16.02	50	17.01
Passed worm	4	1.94	9	3.06
Fresh blood dripping with stool	—	—	—	—
Repeated pain over the chest	57	27.67	120	40.82
Shortness of breath after light work	8	3.88	33	11.22
Sudden attack of weakness and fainting	—	—	7	2.38
Feeling tired frequently	11	5.34	37	12.58
Frequent backache	70	33.98	164	55.78
Frequent headache	71	34.47	164	55.78
Waking up with stiff joints	12	5.83	48	16.33
Fever with shivering more than 3 days	12	5.83	18	6.12
Pain in the ear for more than 1 week	4	1.94	20	6.80
Discharge from the ear for more than 1 week	1	0.49	9	3.06
Red eyes for more than 3 days	3	1.46	1	0.34
Night blindness	36	17.48	74	25.17
Blindness	—	—	—	—
Skin diseases	63	30.58	72	24.49
Accident	1	0.49	—	—
Measles	3	1.46	—	—
Chicken pox	—	—	1	0.34
Diagnosed case of filaria	1	0.49	—	—
Diagnosed case of goitre	6	2.91	43	14.63
Diagnosed case of T. B.	3	1.46	3	1.02
Diagnosed case of leprosy	—	—	—	—
Deficiency symptoms
Cheilosis	—	—	—	—
Glossitis	2	0.97	19	6.46
Angular stomatitis	2	0.97	3	1.02
Anaemia	73	35.44	238	80.95