A Review of morbidity patterns among school-age children in India

Abstract

Introduction: Childhood morbidity is an unhealthy condition in children which may be improved by diagnosing the
disease timely and it also helps to reduce the mortality in children. Most diseases seen in the school-going age are
preventable and easily detectable by healthcare workers. Objective: The main objective of this article is to evaluate the
morbidity pattern among school-age children in India. This article also reports the morbidity trends and health issues
specifically among school-going children (5 to 18 years old). Methodology: Different databases such as Google scholar,
Pubmed, Research Gate etc, were analyzed for morbidity patterns of school-going age in various parts of India. A total of
twenty articles from 9 states of India (Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Madhya Pradesh) have been analyzed. Conclusion: The result articulated that anemia, oral,
skin, respiratory; eye, ear, gastrointestinal, and vitamin A deficiency disorders are most common in the school-going age
group.