Prevalence of Acute Illness in Assam State of India

The prevalence of Acute Illness in Assam for the year 2008 was 11225 per lakh population i.e. around 11.2%. The prevalence was higher in rural areas as compared to urban areas. Further, the prevalence of Acute Illness was observed higher among females as compared to males. The trend was similar in both rural and urban areas.

The details on persons suffering from specific acute illnesses such as Diarrhea, Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) and Fever are presented as under:

Persons Suffering from Specific Acute Illness (Per 100,000 Populations)-Odisha

Sex	Diarrhea/ Dysentery			Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI)			Fever (All Types)
	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban
Persons	1310	1401	881	3182	3257	2833	4978	5219	3848
Male	1276	1362	879	3071	3154	2688	4830	5089	3635
Female	1345	1441	883	3299	3363	2990	5133	5354	4078

The prevalence of fever alone was 5% it being higher in rural areas as compared to urban areas. Diarrhea/ Dysentery had prevalence of 1.3% it being again higher in rural areas as compared to urban areas. The prevalence of ARI was at 3.2% at being higher in rural as compared to urban.

These 3 diseases together account for about 84.4% of acute illnesses in rural areas and 84.2% in urban areas as could be seen from the table below:

Percentage Share of Diarrhea, ARI and Fever in Acute Illnesses

Sex	Total	Rural	Urban
Persons	84.4	84.4	84.2
Male	85.9	85.9	85.6
Female	82.9	82.9	82.9