Various types of anemia in children of 6 to 59 months

AIM: To assess the different kinds of anaemia in childhood METHODS: 468 children of Large Tunis and 487 children of the Western South like 744 of the urban environment and 211 children of the rural medium were studied. RESULTS: 21.3% of the old children from 6 to 59 months of Large Tunis present a ferriprive anaemia and 18% for the Western South. 20.7% of the children of the urban environment present against a ferriprive anaemia 19.1% for the rural medium but these results remain non significant. 1.1% of the children of Large Tunis present a martial anaemia associated with an ignition and 0.6% of the surveyed children are touched by this type of anaemia in the Western South. This association touches especially the urban environment with a rate of 1.1% against 0% for the rural medium. The proportion of the feeble children by deficiency in folic acid remains very low as for that by deficiency in B12 vitamin. The majority of the children of Large Tunis (2.9%) are touched by B minor thalassaemia and 1.3% of the children of the Western South are touched by the feature drepanocytaire. The major cause of anaemia for the children of less than 5 years thus remains ferriprive.