A Study on environmental sanitation and health status was made so as to be able to plan for effective medical student health survice in a Korean rural community Baek-Gok Myun. For the study, total 263 households of three Ries out of nine Ries wer sele...
A Study on environmental sanitation and health status was made so as to be able to plan for effective medical student health survice in a Korean rural community Baek-Gok Myun. For the study, total 263 households of three Ries out of nine Ries wer selected and an interview using family record and questionnair was carried out for each household by 10 medical students from July, 22, to 26, 1985. And following results were obtained:
1) Population of three Ries was 1,234; male, 645 and female, 589. Sex ratio: 109.5
2) Family size : The average household consisted of 4.5 persons.
3) Dependency rate : 68.3%
Environmental sanitation:
1) The source of drinking water.
water distribution system 60.1%
well pump 36.5%
spring water 3.4%
2) The kind of using privy
proved-privy 83.3%
pit-privy 15.6%
openair privy 1.1%
3) Distance between well and using privy
more than 10m 46.7%
5-9m 36.2%
less than 5m 17.1%
Status of chronic illness:
1) Morbidity rate: 120.7 per 1,000 population
2) Usual causes of illness
Arthritis 16.0%
Neuralgia 9.4%
Notalgia 8.7%
Maternal & Child Health:
1) Prenatal care rate: 27.0%
2) Average number of pregnancy : 3.7±1.9times
3) Abortion rate : 26.0%
4) Delivery rate in medical facilities : 28.0%
5) Vaccination rate
DPT 87.5%
Poliomyelitis 81.9%
BCG 80.6%
Measles 70.8%
6) Planned weaning rate : 13.0%
7) Child death experience rate : 6.0%
Family planning
1) Family planning practice rate : 73.0%
2) Used methods
Sterilization 53.0% (Male 4.0%, Female 49.0%)
I.U.D 14.0%
Oral pill 5.0%
Others 10.0%