Prevalence of Acute Illness in Rajasthan State of India

The prevalence of Acute Illness in Rajasthan for the year 2008 was 3547 per lakh population i.e. around 3.5%. The prevalence was higher in rural areas (3.9%) as compared to urban areas (2.4%). Further, the prevalence of Acute Illness was observed higher among females (3.7%) as compared to males (3.4%). 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)

Sex	Diarrhea/ Dysentery			Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI)			Fever (All Types)
	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban
Persons	647	719	427	297	284	339	2165	2489	1169
Male	628	703	402	295	289	316	2068	2389	1096
Female	668	737	453	300	279	365	2270	2598	1249

The prevalence of fever alone was 2.2% it being higher in rural areas (2.5%) as compared to urban areas (1.2%). Diarrhea/ Dysentery had prevalence of 0.65% it being again higher in rural areas (0.7%) as compared to urban areas (0.4%). The prevalence of ARI was much lower at 0.3%.

These 3 diseases together account for about 89% of acute illnesses in rural areas and 81% 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	87.7	89.0	81.2
Male	88.6	89.8	82.3
Female	86.8	88.1	80.2