Table 1.
Distribution of haemoglobin phenotype results
| Phenotypes | Social categories | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST | SC | OBC | General | Total | |
| Raipur district | |||||
| Solubility -ve | 10,051 | 42,969 | 135,402 | 27,209 | 215,631 |
| AS | 1380 (12.04 %) | 3407 (7.33 %) | 15,168 (10.05 %) | 1595 (5.53 %) | 21,550 |
| SS | 32 (0.25 %) | 102 (0.22 %) | 418 (0.28 %) | 34 (0.12 %) | 586 |
| Total | 11,463 | 46,478 | 150,988 | 28,838 | 237,767 |
| Baloda Bazar District | |||||
| Solubility -ve | 21,009 | 44,761 | 100,828 | 6193 | 172,791 |
| AS | 2286 (9.79 %) | 2690 (5.67 %) | 12,814 (11.25 %) | 519 (7.72 %) | 18,309 |
| SS | 45 (0.19 %) | 33 (0.07 %) | 257 (0.23 %) | 14 (0.21 %) | 349 |
| Total | 23,340 | 47,484 | 113,899 | 6726 | 191,449 |
| Gariyaband District | |||||
| Solubility -ve | 23,261 | 10,146 | 38,659 | 3056 | 75,122 |
| AS | 2608 (10.05 %) | 1560 (13.23 %) | 4723 (10.85 %) | 243 (7.34 %) | 9134 |
| SS | 92 (0.35 %) | 84 (0.71 %) | 144 (0.33 %) | 12 (0.36 %) | 332 |
| Total | 25,961 | 11,790 | 43,526 | 3311 | 84,588 |
| Mahasamund District | |||||
| Solubility -ve | 35,901 | 20,153 | 70,164 | 8977 | 135,195 |
| AS | 3880 (9.72 %) | 3242 (13.78 %) | 10,484 (12.93 %) | 684 (7.06 %) | 18,290 |
| SS | 133 (0.33 %) | 146 (0.62 %) | 412 (0.51 %) | 22 (0.23 %) | 713 |
| Total | 39,914 | 23,541 | 81,060 | 9683 | 154,198 |
| Durg District | |||||
| Solubility -ve | 8885 | 14,009 | 97,388 | 11,861 | 132,143 |
| AS | 996 (10.04 %) | 1121 (7.39 %) | 9391 (8.77 %) | 610 (4.88 %) | 12,118 |
| SS | 32 (0.32 %) | 30 (0.20 %) | 344 (0.32 %) | 18 (0.14 %) | 424 |
| Total | 9913 | 15,160 | 107,123 | 12,489 | 144,685 |
| Balod District | |||||
| Solubility -ve | 23,806 | 8039 | 56,858 | 1928 | 90,631 |
| AS | 3133 (11.58 %) | 1051 (11.53 %) | 6567 (10.32 %) | 135 (6.54 %) | 10,886 |
| SS | 115 (0.42 %) | 29 (0.32 %) | 201 (0.32 %) | 1 (0.05 %) | 346 |
| Total | 27,054 | 9119 | 63,626 | 2064 | 101,863 |
| Bemetara District | |||||
| Solubility -ve | 6089 | 22,902 | 89,673 | 5972 | 124,636 |
| AS | 667 (9.85 %) | 1227 (5.08 %) | 8,664 (8.79 %) | 385 (6.05 %) | 10,943 |
| SS | 18 (0.27 %) | 24 (0.10 %) | 263 (0.27 %) | 6 (0.09 %) | 311 |
| Total | 6774 | 24,153 | 98,600 | 6363 | 135,890 |
| Combined totals | |||||
| Solubility -ve | 129,002 | 162,979 | 588,972 | 65,196 | 946,149 (90.07 %) |
| AS | 14,950 | 14,298 | 67,811 | 4171 | 101,230 (9.64 %) |
| SS | 467 | 448 | 2039 | 107 | 3061 (0.29 %) |
| Grand totals | 144,419 | 177,725 | 658,822 | 69,474 | 1,050,440 |
Solubility -ve refers to the initial screening test performed in the villages
Social categories; ST scheduled tribe, SC scheduled caste, OBC other backward classes, General other social groups