Prevalence of Acute Illness in Uttarakhand State of India

The prevalence of Acute Illness in Uttarakhand for the year (2007-09) was 8448 per lakh population i.e. around 8.4%. The prevalence was higher in rural areas (8.7%) as compared to urban areas (7.7%). Further, the prevalence of Acute Illness was observed higher among females (8.9%) as compared to males (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) -Uttarakhand

Sex	Diarrhea/ Dysentery			Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI)			Fever (All Types)
	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban
Persons	675	767	447	1983	2004	1930	5225	5366	4877
Males	646	742	424	1861	1906	1759	5004	5199	4552
Females	703	791	473	2105	2100	2118	5447	5529	5234

The prevalence of fever alone was 5.2% it being higher in rural areas (5.3%) as compared to urban areas (4.9%). Diarrhea/ Dysentery had prevalence of 0.68% it being again higher in rural areas (0.77%) as compared to urban areas (0.45%). The prevalence of ARI was much higher at 2%.These 3 diseases together account for about 93% of acute illnesses in rural areas and 94% 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	93.3	93.1	93.7
Male	93.6	93.4	94.0
Female	93.1	92.9	93.4