Anaemia in Female and Prevalence of Menopause in Uttar Pradesh

The reproductive period of female begins with first menstruation and continuous till menopause. When menstruation ceases finally, the female is said to have attend menopause, which terminate permanently the reproductive period of the female. Obviously, age at menopause varies from female to female and also according to their socio-demographic characteristics. Perhaps no minimum and maximum age has been defined as yet. It occurs at varying ages within a certain range usually 30 to 50 year. It is difficult to identify the exact age at which menopause occurs, since it happens gradually and even post menopausal female do not remember the correct age at menopause. An index for the proportion of females in menopause at a given age may be obtained if the number of females at certain age and among them those females who are in menopause is known. This index is being used as a measure to indicate the distribution of age at menopause. The objectives of the study are to observe the level of menopause among different socio-demographic characteristics of females and also to determine the nature of the distribution of age at menopause over the time by using NFHS-I and III data for Uttar Pradesh.