Goiter among Secondary School Girls: Prevalence and Associated Factors in Nyala South Darfur State -2010

Abstract

Goiter is said to be due to iodine deficiency when the prevalence in a population is 10%. The body gets the iodine mainly from the diet and medical combination .Iodine deficiency is caused by not having enough iodine in the diet, and as a result the goiter gland is enlarged .A lot of studies and surveys about iodine deficiency were conducted in western Sudan, but most of these studies were conducted for the general population. Across – sectional, descriptive, school-based study was designated for secondary schoolgirls (Nyala- South Darfur State 2009-2010) to measures the prevalence rate of goiter and to relate it to some socio-demographic variables.