Epidemio-Demographical Study of Anemia in School: Aged groups

it is defined as a reduction of the hemoglobin concentration or red blood cell (RBC) volume below range ofvalues occurring in healthy persons.Material and method: The current study was cross-sectional done AL-Alam general hospital, we take 500children adolescences age restricted from 6year to 18 year, cases taken pediatric outpatientsdepartment regardless whether sick children history casesdepending on signs symptoms anemia. Data were analyzed by using Windows program datawas summarized firstly single master table manually . Chi square test used determine whethersignificant differences occurred among groups where they occurred.Results: find about 33.60% anemic including IDA ,and 25.96% mild anemia this mean anemiahighly prevalent , mainly at adolescents group about(50%),also more ruralarea(42.5%) than urban area(32.2%) may be low socioeconomic status rural area, also prevalence anemiawas not student cases(40.47%) high level illiterate father mother indicate theeducational important parent awareness food consumption.Conclusion: Anemia highly our area adolescentage group.