Table 3 Enduring illness among women in the mining and agricultural communities
From: Factors associated with health-related quality of life among Indian women in mining and agriculture
Physical and Mental Health | Mining community | Agricultural community | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 145 | N =133 | |||
Freq | % | Freq | % | |
Eye (inflammation, allergy, cataract) | 79 | 54.48 | 57 | 42.86 |
Ear (infection, hearing deficit, inflammation) | 16 | 11.03 | 18 | 13.53 |
Throat (inflammation, allergy, sore throat) | 11 | 7.59 | 16 | 12.03 |
Skin (infection, boils, allergy) | 14 | 9.66 | 11 | 8.27 |
Upper respiratory (common cold, sinus, dust allergy, dry cough) | 44 | 30.34 | 32 | 24.06 |
Lower respiratory (cough with phlegm, congestion, infection) | 49 | 33.79 | 26 | 19.55 |
Heart (chest pain, high BP, heart diseases) | 15 | 10.34 | 17 | 12.78 |
Musculoskeletal (severe backache, joint pain, neck pain, injury, foot problems) | 70 | 48.28 | 78 | 58.65 |
Digestive (severe backache, joint pain, neck pain, injury, foot problems) | 15 | 10.34 | 19 | 14.29 |
Endocrine (diabetes, thyroid) | 4 | 2.76 | 1 | 0.75 |
Psychological (body ache, headache, fatigue, lethargy, reduced sleep, insomnia, loss of sensation, dizziness, fainting, anxiety, worry) | 76 | 52.41 | 47 | 35.34 |