LITERACY STATUS IN THALASSEMIC PATIENTS FROM SOLAPUR DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA: A STATISTICAL STUDY

The present survey includes studying the literacy status in thalassemic patients from Solapur District, Maharashtra, India during June 2008 to December 2011. This article comprises the questionnaire/interview survey of 125 patients. The majority (>22.4%) of thalassemia patients were illiterate with only 1.6% with a higher education. To coup with the situation, efforts to increase the literacy rate and awareness of the disease are urgently required.