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HAEMOGLOBIN AND HAEMATOCRIT MEASUREMENTS IN A COMMUNITY REPORT FROM THE BUSSELTON SURVEY, 1966
Author(s) -
Davis R. E.,
Kelsall G. R. H.,
Stenhouse N. S.,
Woodliff H. J.,
Wearne J. T.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1969.tb103333.x
Subject(s) - population , medicine , mean value , hereditary spherocytosis , demography , zoology , biology , mathematics , statistics , environmental health , sociology
Hæmoglobin levels and hæmatocrit values of 1638 males and 1693 females were measured in a population survey. The mean hæmoglobin level for males was 15·68 gm/100 ml, and for females 14·3 gm/100 ml. The mean hæmatocrit for males was 46·2%, and for females 42·9%. Ninety‐one subjects were found to have low hæmoglobin levels; of these, 46 males had a value below 13·5 gm/100 ml, and 45 females had a value below 11·5 gm/100 ml. One woman was found to have polycythæmia rubra vera; three women had thalassæmia minor; and one man was considered to have hereditary spherocytosis.