Study of life expectancy in urban Pondicherry

Sarkar, Sonali; Veerakumar, AM; Shidam, Umakant G.

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“…Life expectancy of women in Urban Puducherry was found to be 71 years compared to 66.9 years among males. [ 13 ] Gómez-Batiste et al . also found a higher proportion of need among females (61.4%)[ 10 ] in Spain and also the National Alliance for Caregiving, United States, which identified higher proportion of need (62%) among females.…”

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Estimation of palliative care need in the urban community of Puducherry

Daya

Sarkar

Kar

2017

Indian J Palliat Care

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Context:The coverage of palliative care services is inadequate in India. Data on number of people needing palliative care and disease conditions needing palliative care needs to be estimated prior to planning of service in any area.Aims:To estimate the prevalence of need of palliative care in an urban area of Puducherry.Settings and Design:Exploratory cross-sectional study conducted in two areas, Senthamarainagar and Thiruvalluvarnagar having about 500 households each in Muthialpet area in urban Puducherry.Materials and Methods:All residents were interviewed using a structured questionnaire containing sociodemographic details, information regarding chronic illness and a screening tool to identify people in need of palliative care.Statistical Analysis:Variables such as sociodemographic characteristics were expressed in percentages. The main outcome variable, the number of people in need of palliative care was expressed in the prevalence percentages.Results:A total of 3554 individuals were surveyed in 1004 households. A period prevalence of need of palliative care in this community was 6.1/1000 population. The prevalence among those aged ≥15 years was 8/1000 population. The mean age of people requiring palliative care was 62 years. The most common disease condition in need of palliative care was old age-related weakness (41%). Most of them were women (17/22) and from lower socioeconomic class (6/22).Conclusions:Around 6/1000 population was identified to be in need of palliative care. The prevalence was highest among the elderly women, low socioeconomic class, widowed, those with less education, and those suffering from age-related weakness.

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Estimation of palliative care need in the urban community of Puducherry

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Kar

2017

Indian J Palliat Care

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“…Ils sont difficiles à isoler des conditions sociales et familiales qui en expliquent les raisons. D'après Sarkar et al (2014), le Territoire de Pondichéry a les dépenses de santé par habitant les plus élevées, se classe au sixième rang en termes d'IDH parmi tous les États et Territoires de l'Union de l'Inde. Si ceci a pour effet de placer l'espérance de vie à la naissance parmi les plus élevées du pays (68,35 ans, soit très au-dessus de la moyenne nationale, estimée en 2009-2010 à 63,5 ans selon les données de la Planning Commission et du National Sample Survey Organisation), Pondichéry présente aussi la particularité d'avoir le deuxième taux de suicide le plus élevé du pays : 45,5 pour 100 000 habitants contre une moyenne indienne de 11,4.…”

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“…Si ceci a pour effet de placer l'espérance de vie à la naissance parmi les plus élevées du pays (68,35 ans, soit très au-dessus de la moyenne nationale, estimée en 2009-2010 à 63,5 ans selon les données de la Planning Commission et du National Sample Survey Organisation), Pondichéry présente aussi la particularité d'avoir le deuxième taux de suicide le plus élevé du pays : 45,5 pour 100 000 habitants contre une moyenne indienne de 11,4. Selon ces auteurs, « l'autre problème médico-social majeur à Pondichéry est la forte prévalence de l'alcoolisme, dont le syndrome de dépendance à l'alcool était évalué à 66,2 pour 1 000 hommes en 1988-1989 contre 2,36/1000 à Bangalore » (Sarkar et al, 2014). Il semble donc que le recours à l'alcool comme refuge à des problèmes économiques, sociaux et familiaux soit facilité par l'accès à des produits à bas prix.…”

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Géographies de l’alcool à Pondichéry : sociabilités, frictions et enjeux politiques d’une économie en croissance

Goreau-Ponceaud¹,

Bautès²,

Raj³

2021

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Geography of Alcohol in Pondicherry : Sociabilities, frictions and Political Issues of a Growing EconomyThis contribution proposes to establish the contours of a geography of alcohol in Pondicherry. Using empirical material taken from ethnographic surveys, it analyses the circulation of alcohol from its production sources to its different places and modes of consumption. It examines the driving forces of its economy and questions the « frictions » (Lawhon, 2013) generated by its flows and by the modes of consumption with which it is associated. Our hypothesis is that its production, sale and transport through different consumption spaces, as well as its associated uses, social values and meanings, reveal as much about social and power relations as they partake in them.In this perspective, we consider alcohol as a hybrid object, both a liquid matter and a social fact, whose analysis enables identifying the conflicting logics that prevail in the urban factory.

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“…3 An Indian union territory named Pondicherry has high prevalence of alcoholism, where the cost of alcohol were much cheaper compared to the neighboring states. 4 Alcoholism is very much prevalent (63.4% to 88.3%) among fisherman community and needs exploration to find out cause, nature and effect of such dependence which often leads to disruption of normal socioeconomic-physical health. [5][6][7] Hence the study was designed with an objective to find out prevalence of alcohol dependence and associated factors among fisherman community residing in rural Pondicherry.…”

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Alcohol use, harmful use of alcohol and probable dependence among residents of a selected fishermen community in South India: A community based cross-sectional analytical study

Purushothaman¹,

Thekkur²,

Kamashvell

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Alcohol use is prevalent among fisherman community. In this regard, a community based survey was conducted among adults in the fisherman community of Puducherry a) to determine prevalence of alcohol use, harmful use and probable dependence b) to assess the factors associated with alcohol use and harmful use of alcohol. Methods: A community based cross-sectional analytical study was conducted in a selected coastal commune Panchayat of Puducherry, South India during April, 2016 to March, 2017. The named streets were selected as the clusters. In each of the selected street first seven houses on the right hand side were enrolled. A semi structured questionnaire was used to collect details regarding socio-demographic variables and WHO AUDIT tool was used to detect the harmful use and probable dependence. Data was entered in Microsoft Excel and analyzed using Stata 12 software. The association between the individual’s characteristics and alcohol use, harmful use of alcohol were assessed using generalized linear models with poisson distribution and log link function. Results: The prevalence of alcohol use was 152 (61.5%, 95% CI- 55.4%-67.5%), 63 (25.5%, 95% CI- 20.4%-31.2%) had harmful use of alcohol and 20 (8.1%, 95% CI- 5.2%-12.0%) had probable dependence to alcohol. The multivariate regression showed that age between 31 to 59 years and tobacco use (1.7 (95% CI- 1.4-2.0)) were independently associated with alcohol use. The multivariate regression showed that being illiterate (2.1 (95% CI- 1.2-3.6)), being graduate (3.2 (95% CI- 1.5-6.6)), currently married (2.2 (95% CI-1.1-5.0)), tobacco use (1.4 (95% CI- 1.1-1.9)) and family history (1.4 (95% CI- 1.1-1.9)) were independently associated with alcohol use. Conclusions: The present study showed very high prevalence of alcohol use and harmful use of alcohol in coastal villages. Stringent regulatory approaches and effective health education approaches were much needed for the control of alcohol use and harmful use of alcohol.

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Study of life expectancy in urban Pondicherry

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Estimation of palliative care need in the urban community of Puducherry

Estimation of palliative care need in the urban community of Puducherry

Géographies de l’alcool à Pondichéry : sociabilités, frictions et enjeux politiques d’une économie en croissance

Alcohol use, harmful use of alcohol and probable dependence among residents of a selected fishermen community in South India: A community based cross-sectional analytical study

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