Vector Issue 10 - 2009

at a glance
india
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India has had significant economic growth in the
past decade from which the general health of the
population has benefitted in many ways. The following
summarises many of the facts regarding health in the
world’s second most populous nation.
Indicator
Date Preceding
Most Recent
Date
Target by 2015
Proportion of population below 37% (1990) 26% (2000) 18.5%
poverty line
Proportion of population undernourished
62% (1990) 53% (2000) 31%
as whole
Proportion of children undernourished
54% (1990) 47% (1998) 27%
Under five mortality rate (per 125 (1990) 98 (2000) 41
1000 births)
Maternal Mortality Rate (per 437 (1991) 407 (1998) 107
100 000 births)
Deaths due to AIDS 471 (2000) 1114 (2004) Arrest the spread of HIV.
The estimated adult prevalence
of AIDS in 2007 was
0.3%
Deaths due to TB (per 100 000) 56 (1999) 33 (2003) Reverse the number of
deaths due to TB
Deaths due to Malaria (per 100
000)
Healthcare investment (proportion
of GDP)
0.13 (1994) 0.09 (2004) Reverse the number of
deaths due to malaria
Approximately
3% (1990)
Approximately 5%
(2000)
Increased economic growth
is expected to reflect a
greater investment in
health care
Healthcare Staff
As of 2004, India had:
• 503 900 doctors
• 737 000 nurses
• 350 000 chemists
• 15 000 hospitals
India has a three tiered healthcare
system with 23 000 Primary Healthcare
Centres (urban), 137 000 subcentres
(semi-urban and rural) and
3000 community health care centres.
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Adapted From:
Government of
India. (2005). Millennium
Development Goals India
Country Report 2005. New
Delhi: India.
Indian Council of
Medical Research. (2005).
Assessment of Burden of
Non-Communicable Diseases.
Ansari Nagar: India.
Issue
Ischaemic
Heart Disease
Urban
Weighted
average prevalence
/1000
(+20y.o.)
Rural
Weighted average
prevalence
/1000
(+20y.o.)
Total Number of
entire population
affected
64.37 25.27 18 600 984 (1998)
22 367 840 (2004)
Stroke 1.54 792 628 (1998)
930 985 (2004)
Consequences
Expected to be single greatest cause
of mortality in India by 2015.
Total number of DALYS attributable
to stroke approximately 6.37 million
in 2004
Diabetes 118.02 38.67 37 768 402 (2004) Rates of diabetes incidence are
expected to increase significantly
within the next two decades
Hypertension 164.20 157.44 Total contribution of hypertension in
combination with other risk factors,
as it occurs, would prove worse
outcomes than shown here.
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