Prevalence of Chronic Diseases in Bihar State of India

Bihar is one of the eight Empowered Action Group (EAG) States of India.  The state comprised of 103.8 million people and around 54.2 million (more than half) males as per census 2011.  The urban population was around 11.7 million with little more than half of them were males (6.2 millions) in 2011.  Here below the prevalence of Chronic Illnesses in Bihar State has been given sex wise and as per their residence too. These rates are based on one Large Scale Annual Health Survey which was conducted in the year 2010-11 for eight EAG States besides the state of Assam, the major North-Eastern State of India.  Here below the prevalence of Chronic Diseases in Bihar State have been given per one lakh (one tenth of a million) males and females. 

Prevalence (Per Lakh*) of Chronic Diseases in Bihar State of India
Chronic Diseases	Bihar		Bihar (Rural)		Bihar (Urban)
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
Diabetes	333	217	250	175	870	509
Hypertension	597	806	555	774	873	1024
Tuberculosis (TB)	546	409	581	426	321	292
Asthma	896	933	946	973	577	659
Arthritis	1250	1821	1324	1869	780	1493
Other Chronic Diseases	4152	5598	4306	5809	3165	4149
Any Kind of Chronic Disease	7776	9785	7961	10025	6586	8126

·          1 Million = 10 Lakhs

It can be seen that prevalence of Chronic Illness is much higher in Rural Bihar (around 8% for males and 10% for females) than in Urban Bihar (around 6.6% for males and 8.1% for females). It may also be observed that females in the state are more chronically ill than males.  It may be seen that most prevalent chronic disease is Arthritis in both the rural and urban Bihar and TB is the least prevalent chronic illness in urban areas, whereas Diabetes is the least prevalent chronic illness in rural areas.  In urban Bihar, second most prevalent chronic disease is Hypertension followed by Diabetes.  In rural Bihar, second most prevalent chronic disease is Asthma followed by Hypertension.

In the State, prevalence of Hypertension, Asthma and Arthritis are more in both the rural and urban areas with females than males. 

Tuberculosis is the last in the list as per its prevalence vis-a- vis other listed chronic illnesses in urban Bihar.  Its prevalence is more with rural males and females than urban males and females respectively of the state.

Males in both areas are more prone to be Diabetics and TB than females.