Analysis on influencing factors of rural residents' health status in Yichang city

  Objective   To identify the rural residents need and utilization for medical services.

  Methods   An investigation was conducted about the health status of rural families by stratified-cluster random sampling, and the logistic regression was used to analyze the results.

  Results   The two-week prevalence rate was 12.49%, the annual hospitalization rate was 12.17%.The main factors influencing the two-week prevalence rate were marital status, diet habits, and feelings of their own, the main factors of annual hospitalization rate were mar ital status, race, region, visiting doctors in time or not, smoking or not, and feelings of their own.

  Conclusion   To improve the villagers health level, the work of prevention and health care should be enhanced according to the influencing factors.