Comparing the Areca/betel Quid Chewing and Cigarette Smoking Behaviors between the Aboriginal ans Han People in Taitung County

• Main Authors: Chang Ying Ying, 張鶯英
• Other Authors: Yi-Hsin Yang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/dgtkh7

碩士 === 高雄醫學大學 === 口腔衛生科學研究所碩士在職專班 === 91 === The purpose of this survey was to investigate the difference between the aboriginal people and Han people in Taitung toward their areca/betel quid chewing and smoking behaviors. This survey was aimed at aboriginal communities and Han communities in Taitung County for all of the residents with age 18 years old or older. The study design was a stratified multi-stage cluster sampling with selection probability proportional to size. There are 567 participants collected in this survey. The data management was implemented by SAS software and statistical analysis was conducted by SUDAAN. his study found that both the aboriginal and Han people have higher prevalence rates for areca/betel quid chewing, The prevalence rates of areca/betel quid chewing were 52.08% in general, 36.43% for male Han people, 5.20% for female Han people, 67.22% for male aboriginal people in Han communities, 60.20% for female aboriginal people in Han communities, 81.20% for male aboriginal people in aboriginal communities, and 78.23% for female aboriginal people in aboriginal communities. The prevalence rate of smoking in general was 40.87%. Male Han people was 38.01%, and female was 1.62%. For aboriginal people in Han communities, the prevalence rates were 77.16% for men, and 25.48% for women. For aboriginal people in aboriginal communities, thprevalence rates were 78.05% for men and 26.53% .