Prevalence of Acute Illness in Jharkhand State of India

The prevalence of Acute Illness in Jharkhand was 5537 per lakh population i.e. around 5.5%. The prevalence was higher in rural areas (6.1%) as compared to urban areas (3.9%). Further, the prevalence of Acute Illness was observed higher among females (5.83%) as compared to males (5.26%). 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)-Jharkhand

Sex	Diarrhea/ Dysentery			Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI)			Fever (All Types)
	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban
Persons	429	458	346	805	902	528	3856	4294	2612
Male	423	455	334	778	871	523	3652	4072	2494
Female	435	461	358	833	935	533	4072	4526	2743

The prevalence of fever alone was 3.9% it being higher in rural areas (4.3%) as compared to urban areas (2.6%). Diarrhea/ Dysentery had prevalence of 0.4%. The prevalence of ARI was at 0.8%.

These 3 diseases together account for about 92% of acute illnesses as could be seen from the table below:

Percentage Share of Diarrhea, ARI and Fever in Acute Illnesses

Sex	Total	Rural	Urban
Persons	91.9	92.7	88.7
Male	92.3	93.0	89.1
Female	91.6	92.3	88.2