Table 1.
Frequency of health problems among migrant and non-migrant adults (14–65 years) in southern India, 2013 (n = 1217)
| Prevalence among females (n = 581) | Prevalence among males (n = 636) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 40 years | ≥40 years | <40 years | ≥ 40 years | ||||||
| Disease Category | Prevalence among migrants (n = 13) | Prevalence among non-migrants (n = 395) | Prevalence among migrants (n = 4) | Prevalence among non-migrants (n = 169) | Prevalence among migrants (n = 174) | Prevalence among non-migrants (n = 250) | Prevalence among migrants (n = 14) | Prevalence among non-migrants (n = 198) | Overall prevalence (n = 1217) |
| Connective tissues | 1 (7.69%) | 15 (3.80%) | 1 (25.0%) | 31 (18.34%) | 13 (7.47%)* | 5 (2.0%) | 2 (14.29%) | 47 (23.74%) | 115 (9.45%) |
| Nervous/sense organs | 1 (7.69%) | 13 (3.29%) | 0 | 22 (13.02%) | 6 (3.45%) | 9 (3.60%) | 1 (7.14%) | 16 (8.08%) | 68 (5.59%) |
| Circulatory/respiratory | 0 | 1 (0.25%) | 0 | 15 (8.88%) | 4 (2.30%) | 2 (0.80%) | 3 (21.43%) | 11 (5.56%) | 36 (2.96%) |
| Digestive | 1 (7.69%) | 6 (1.52%) | 0 | 6 (3.55%) | 3 (1.72%) | 7 (2.80%) | 0 | 6 (3.30%) | 29 (2.38%) |
| Injury/poisoning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.18%) | 4 (2.30%) | 4 (1.60%) | 1 (7.14%) | 7 (3.54%) | 18 (1.48%) |
| Diabetes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2.37%) | 0 | 3 (1.20%) | 0 | 10 (5.05%) | 17 (1.40%) |
| Infective/parasitic | 0 | 2 (0.51%) | 0 | 1 (0.59%) | 6 (3.45%)* | 1 (0.40%) | 0 | 2 (1.01%) | 12 (0.99%) |
| Reproductive health | 0 | 11 (2.78%) | 0 | 1 (0.59%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (0.99%) |
| Skin | 0 | 4 (1.01%) | 0 | 1 (0.59%) | 4 (2.30%)* | 0 | 2 (14.29%) | 1 (0.51%) | 12 (0.99%) |
| Ill-defined | 0 | 2 (0.51%) | 0 | 3 (1.78%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (0.41%) |
| Genito-urinary | 0 | 1 (0.25%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.08%) |
| Totals | 3 (23.08%) | 55 (13.92%) | 1 (25.0%) | 86 (50.89%) | 40 (22.99%) | 31 (12.4%) | 9 (64.29%) | 100 (50.51%) | 325 (26.71%) |
*p < 0.05 based on Fisher’s exact test