Emerging trends and patterns of self-reported morbidity in India: Evidence from three rounds of national sample survey

Table 3 Prevalence of morbidities by background characteristics in India, 1995-2014 (Per ‘000 populations)

Background Characteristics	Infectious			CVDs			NCDs			Disability			Others
Background Characteristics	1995	2004	2014	1995	2004	2014	1995	2004	2014	1995	2004	2014	1995	2004	2014
Sex
Male	8	17	23	2	6	13	7	21	21	6	12	14	31	31	21
Female	8	18	26	2	8	17	8	22	26	6	14	25	34	37	23
Place of Residence
Rural	9	18	24	2	5	11	7	20	18	6	13	19	33	34	22
Urban	7	14	25	3	15	24	9	27	36	5	15	21	30	33	24
Education
Illiterate	10	23	33	2	6	16	9	24	25	7	16	27	36	43	28
Primary	8	14	22	2	7	14	6	19	21	5	11	17	30	30	23
Higher Secondary	6	12	20	3	10	14	7	22	23	5	11	15	27	26	18
graduate & above	5	10	18	4	17	18	11	25	30	5	10	15	22	22	14
Age Group
<15	8	19	27	0.1	0.2	2	5	12	8	3	4	4	34	39	31
15-34	6	10	17	1	1	2	5	11	8	3	6	9	24	23	15
35-59	9	20	27	4	12	22	10	27	38	8	16	31	34	35	20
60+	21	35	40	15	57	94	37	104	98	36	88	83	67	60	31
Castes
ST/SC	8	18	24	1	3	10	6	17	17	5	11	17	31	32	21
other backward class	NA	16	24	NA	6	15	NA	20	24	NA	13	19	NA	35	23
Other	8	19	26	2	13	21	8	28	29	6	17	23	33	35	23
Religion
Hindu	NA	17	25	NA	7	14	NA	21	23	NA	13	19	NA	34	21
Muslim	NA	20	22	NA	8	14	NA	23	22	NA	13	19	NA	39	25
Christianity	NA	18	33	NA	22	33	NA	51	63	NA	28	30	NA	45	39
Others	NA	19	25	NA	14	22	NA	30	29	NA	17	26	NA	28	28
Marital Status
Never Married	7	16	23	0.3	1	2	5	12	7	3	5	6	31	34	25
Currently Married	9	17	25	3	12	21	9	27	33	7	17	26	32	32	19
Widowed/div/separate	13	32	37	9	35	69	25	69	74	22	64	79	54	58	28
Wealth Quintile
poorest	8	19	26	1	4	11	7	18	17	7	15	21	34	39	23
Poor	8	18	25	1	4	11	7	17	17	5	12	19	33	32	24
medium	8	16	25	2	5	14	7	20	25	6	12	18	33	36	21
Rich	8	18	24	2	8	15	7	23	26	6	11	20	32	34	20
richest	8	16	24	4	16	23	10	30	36	6	16	20	30	31	22
NSS Region
North region	11	22	22	2	5	7	9	21	15	5	12	16	37	37	21
Central region	5	14	15	1	3	6	4	12	10	2	9	7	28	27	16
East region	8	19	29	2	6	10	7	17	20	5	9	22	30	33	26
West region	6	15	24	2	8	11	6	21	18	5	16	14	25	27	12
South region	6	12	29	3	13	38	9	33	50	9	19	33	36	41	33
North-East region	19	27	13	1	4	1	7	12	3	4	7	6	45	28	10

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