A Racial Study of the Fijians

by Norman E. Gabel

	Absent	Subm.	+	++	Total
	No. %	No. %	No. %	No. %
Fiji I	206 25	306 38	288 35	13 2	813
Interior	40 26	59 39	52 34	2 1	153
East	54 45	55 46	11 9	0 0	120
Coast	47 22	84 40	73 35	5 2	209
N.W.	18 23	29 37	32 41	0 0	79
Tonga	63 53	26 22	29 25	0 0	118

Prognathism: Mid-Facial

	Absent	Subm.	+	++	Total
	No. %	No. %	No. %	No. %
Fiji I	517 64	184 23	109 13	3 1/2	813
Interior	133 87	15 10	5 3	0 0	153
East	100 83	17 14	3 3	0 0	120
Coast	122 58	49 23	37 18	1 1	209
N.W.	48 61	20 25	11 14	0 0	79

Prognathism: Alveolar

	Absent	Subm.	+	++	Total
	No. %	No. %	No. %	No. %
Fiji I	798 98	9 1	4 1/2	2 0	813
Interior	153 100	0 0	0 0	0 0	153
East	120 100	0 0	0 0	0 0	120
Coast	207 99	0 0	1 1/2	1 1/2	209
N.W.	76 {96}	2 3	0 0	1 1	79

Slight and moderate total prognathism characterizes most Fijians.but it is pronounced in only 13 of the 813 subjects. A quarter of the series show no prognathism. The eastern people are least prognathic with a zero incidence of 45 per cent. The other regional sample are close to the general condition.

Mid-facial prognathism has a submedium incidence of 23 per cent and a medium of 13 per cent; the remainder lack the condition, except three individuals who are pronounced.

The coastal and northwestern groups have more frequent medium designations. Alveolar prognathism is almost entirely lacking in all groups.

Malar Projection: Lateral

	Absent	Subm.	+	++	+++	Total
	No. %	No. %	No. %	No. %	No. %
Fiji I	1 0	2 0	264 32	543 67	3 0	813
Interior	0 0	0 0	62 41	91 59	0 0	153
East	0 0	0 0	25 21	95 79	0 0	120
Coast	0 0	0 0	68 33	141 67	0 0	209
N.W.	0 0	0 0	28 35	50 63	1 1	79