Community health survey of Oukasie, 1987.
S Afr Med J
; 79(1): 32-4, 1991 Jan 05.
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| ID: mdl-1986447
A series of surveys were conducted at the request of the community of Oukasie to determine certain public health information in the township, a peri-urban black community. This article describes two of these surveys. The first, a census and partial demographic survey, showed that the total black population was around 6,300 with a mean household occupancy of 4.1. Some of the estimated vital statistics calculated were an infant mortality rate of 36.6/1,000, a crude birth rate of 28.0/1,000, a crude death rate of 6.5/1,000, and a general fertility rate of 99.3/1,000. The second survey into the nutritional and immunisation status of children aged under 5 years showed that 20% of children were underweight and nearly half were incompletely immunised at 1 year of age. These studies, involving local community and student volunteers, were rapidly and inexpensively done and provide basic public health information.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Demografía
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Estado de Salud
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Encuestas Epidemiológicas
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Patient_preference
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
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En
Revista:
S Afr Med J
Año:
1991
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Sudáfrica