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PERVALENCE OF NCDs AND RISK FACTORS AMONG TRIBAL POPULATION OF EDAMALAKUDI PANJAYATH, IDUKKI DISTRICT, KERALA, INDIA.

  • Unique Paper ID: 173683
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 10
  • PageNo: 1081-1092
  • Abstract:
  • BACKGROUND &OBJECTIVE: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a significant burden on global health with increasing prevalence in rural and tribal communities. The tribal communities in India are the most disadvantaged regarding their health indicators. Although the prevalence of lifestyle diseases, including hypertension, diabetes etc is lower among tribal groups than the general population in the country, the rate of risk factors, including tobacco and alcohol use, is significantly higher among tribals than the general population. This study explores NCD prevalence and risk factors among the indigenous population in Edamalakudi tribal panjayath, Idukki district in Kerala. METHOD: The survey was conducted among the tribal population of Edamalakudi Panjayath. The sample size selected was 1543 (included only people above 30 years of age) reside in 661 households. The survey was conducted using the WHO stepwise framework for surveillance of NCD prevalence and risk factors. RESULTS: The rate of hypertension is 7.6%, and the rate of prevalence of Type 2 diabetes is 3.8% among the Edamalakudi tribal population, which is lower than the other tribal and general population in the country. However, the risk factors, including tobacco use and alcohol use, are found to be slightly higher among the study participants than the rest of the population. Regarding the BMI ratio, the main issue among the study tribals is underweight among women (42%), which is higher than other tribal and general population. CONCLUSION: The Edamalakudi tribal population was found to have a higher rate of alcohol and tobacco use than other tribal and Non-tribal populations in Kerala and India. However, the key observation in this study is that the rate of hypertension and Type 2 diabetes is comparatively lower in the study population than the other tribal population in the state. Since Edamalakudi Panchayath is remotely situated in the high terrain forest area and completely excluded from the mainstream area in the state, people may be leading a physically demanding life, which somehow turns into an active lifestyle among the population.
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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 10
  • PageNo: 1081-1092

PERVALENCE OF NCDs AND RISK FACTORS AMONG TRIBAL POPULATION OF EDAMALAKUDI PANJAYATH, IDUKKI DISTRICT, KERALA, INDIA.

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