Prevalence of Acute Illness in Bihar State of India

The prevalence of Acute Illness in Bihar for the year 2008 was 12898 per lakh population i.e. around 12.9%. 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) - Bihar

Sex	Diarrhea/ Dysentery			Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI)			Fever (All Types)
	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban
Persons	2093	2249	1056	3048	3096	2727	7111	7296	5881
Male	2057	2221	1003	3014	3075	2620	6733	6913	5575
Female	2131	2278	1115	3084	3118	2847	7510	7696	6224

The prevalence of fever alone was 7.1% it being higher in rural areas (7.3%) as compared to urban areas (5.9%). Diarrhea/ Dysentery had prevalence of 2.1%. The prevalence of ARI was 3.0%.

These 3 diseases together account for about 95% of acute illnesses both in rural areas and 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	95.0	95.0	94.9
Male	95.7	95.7	95.2
Female	94.4	94.3	94.6