le Roux I M, le Roux P J
Philani Nutrition Centre, Crossroads, CP.
S Afr Med J. 1991 Apr 20;79(8):500-3.
The findings of a nutrition and health survey in Site B, a squatter area in Khayelitsha close to Cape Town, are reported. Of the children under 6 years, 16.8% were found to be under weight for age, 23.5% were stunted and 2.5% wasted, indicating a serious nutritional crisis in this community. Children with a low-birth-weight had a 3 times greater risk of being under weight for age and a 2 times greater risk of being stunted than children with birth-weights greater than 2,500 g. Of the children born outside Cape Town, 21.9% were under weight for age compared with 13.5% of children born in Cape Town. Of the pre-school children, 4.2% had completed or were on antituberculosis treatment compared with 2% of the children in the age group 6-18 years and 3.2% of adults. Sixty per cent of the pre-school children with tuberculosis were under weight for age. Half the adult population was fully employed, and 22% of households had no wage earners. Assuming literacy after 4 years of schooling, 76% of the adults were literate, but only 2.5% had completed Standard 10. Women were generally better qualified than men.
报告了在开普敦附近凯伊利沙一个棚户区B地进行的营养与健康调查结果。在6岁以下儿童中，发现16.8%年龄别体重过低，23.5%发育迟缓，2.5%消瘦，表明该社区存在严重的营养危机。低出生体重儿童年龄别体重过低的风险是出生体重超过2500克儿童的3倍，发育迟缓的风险是其2倍。在开普敦以外出生的儿童中，21.9%年龄别体重过低，而在开普敦出生的儿童这一比例为13.5%。在学龄前儿童中，4.2%已完成或正在接受抗结核治疗，6 - 18岁儿童这一比例为2%，成人则为3.2%。患结核病的学龄前儿童中有60%年龄别体重过低。成年人口中有一半全职就业，22%的家庭没有挣工资的人。假设接受4年学校教育后具有读写能力，76%的成年人有读写能力，但只有2.5%完成了10年级学业。女性的总体受教育程度通常高于男性。
