Prevalence of Acute Illness in Madhya Pradesh State of India

The prevalence of Acute Illness in Madhya Pradesh for the year 2008 was 9304 per lakh population i.e. around 9.3%. The prevalence was higher in rural areas (10.0%) as compared to urban areas (7.7%). Further, the prevalence of Acute Illness was observed higher among females (9.8%) as compared to males (8.8%). 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)-Madhya Pradesh

Sex	Diarrhea/ Dysentery			Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI)			Fever (All Types)
	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban
Persons	1256	1473	812	1341	1296	1433	5699	6355	4352
Male	1254	1476	804	1293	1271	1340	5338	5975	4042
Female	1259	1470	822	1392	1323	1537	6094	6770	4695

The prevalence of fever alone was 5.7% it being higher in rural areas (6.3%) as compared to urban areas (4.4%). Diarrhea/ Dysentery had prevalence of 1.26% it being again higher in rural areas (1.47%) as compared to urban areas (0.81%). The prevalence of ARI was 1.34%.

These 3 diseases together account for about 90% of acute illnesses in rural areas and 86% 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	89.2	90.4	85.7
Male	89.2	90.5	85.8
Female	89.1	90.4	85.6