Prevalence of Acute Illness in Odisha State of India

The prevalence of Acute Illness in Odisha for the year 2008 was 9550 per lakh population i.e. around 9.55%. 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	836	900	511	964	1027	638	6689	6990	5141
Male	820	880	523	910	970	611	6577	6911	4906
Female	853	920	498	1018	1084	666	6802	7070	5389

The prevalence of fever alone was 6.69% it being higher in rural areas as compared to urban areas. Diarrhea/ Dysentery had prevalence of 0.84% it being again higher in rural areas as compared to urban areas. The prevalence of ARI was at 0.96% at being higher in rural as compared to urban.

These 3 diseases together account for about 89% of acute illnesses in rural areas and 85% 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	88.9	89.4	85.4
Male	89.2	89.7	85.9
Female	88.6	89.1	84.9