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Table 4 Certain health problems observed during surv ey
F non-endemic area F endemic area

Adult
females
(N = 850)

Adult
females
(N = 179)

Adult males
(N = 858)

Children
(N = 374)

Adult males
(N = 186)

Children
(N = 81)

Dental
fl uorosis
(Mottled
teeth)

0 0 0 147 (79 %) 107 (59.7 %) 71 (87.6 %)

Skeletal
fl uorosis

0 0 0 93 (52 %) 59 (33 %) 65 (80 %)

Joint pain 41 (4.7 %) 227 (26.7 %) 0 141 (75.8 %) 151 (84.3 %) 61 (75.3 %)

Gastro-
intestinal
problems

197 (22.9 %) 193 (22.7 %) 95 (25.4 %) 92 (49 %) 90 (50 %) 40 (49 %)

Headache 81(9.4 %) 120 (14 %) 14 (3.7 %) 72 (38.7 %) 65 (36 %) 18 (22 %)

Insomnia 28 (3 %) 67 (7.8 %) 0 38 (20 %) 36 (20 %) 0

Fig. 1 Skeletal fl uorosis [( a ) and ( b )] and dental fl uorosis [( c ) and ( d )] cases in the F affected
areas of Gaya region