Prevalence of Chronic Diseases in Rajasthan State of India

Rajasthan is one of the eight Empowered Action Group (EAG) States of India.  The state comprised of 68.6 million people and around 35.6 million (more than half) males as per census 2011.  The urban population was around 17 million with little more than half of them were males (8.9 millions) in 2011.  Here below the prevalence of Chronic Illnesses in Rajasthan 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 Rajasthan State have been given per one lakh (one tenth of a million) males and females. 

Prevalence (Per Lakh*) of Chronic Diseases in Rajasthan State of India
Chronic Diseases	Rajasthan		Rajasthan (Rural)		Rajasthan (Urban)
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
Diabetes	153	115	83	49	368	318
Hypertension	215	343	151	233	409	687
Tuberculosis (TB)	134	80	146	82	96	75
Asthma	349	247	386	252	239	230
Arthritis	208	373	208	359	209	417
Other Chronic Diseases	1004	1191	967	1158	1117	1292
Any Kind of Chronic Disease	2064	2348	1941	2133	2437	3019

·          1 Million = 10 Lakhs

It can be seen that prevalence of Chronic Illness is much higher in Urban Rajasthan (around 2.4% for males and 3.0% for females) than in Rural Rajasthan (around 1.9% for males and 2.1% for females). It may be seen that most prevalent chronic disease is Asthma in rural Rajasthan and TB is the least prevalent chronic illness in its urban areas.  In urban Rajasthan, most prevalent chronic disease is Hypertension followed by Diabetes.  In rural Rajasthan, the least prevalent chronic disease is TB.

Both rural and urban females are more chronic ill than males.  In the State, prevalence of arthritis is more in both the rural and urban areas with females.  Asthma is little more prevalent chronic disease in rural areas than in the urban areas.  Tuberculosis is the last in the list as per its prevalence vis-a- vis other listed chronic illnesses in urban Rajasthan.  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 than females, whereas females are more hypertensive than males in both rural as well as in urban parts of the state. 

Tuberculosis is affecting more males than females in both the areas.

Females in both areas are more affected by arthritis than males, whereas males are more down with Asthma than females.