Diagnoses of Acute Illness and Getting Source Wise Treatment in Madhya Pradesh State of India

Madhya Pradesh lies in the central part of India.  The state comprised of 72.6 million people and around 37.6 million (more than half) males as per census 2011.  The urban population was around 20.1 million in 2011 i.e. more than one quarter of the State is urbanized.  Here below the diagnosis of any kind of Acute Illnesses in Madhya Pradesh State has been given sex wise and as per their residence too. These rates are based on one Large Scale Annual Health Survey which was conducted in the year 2010-11 for eight EAG States besides the state of Madhya Pradesh State.  Here below incidence of getting diagnosed of Acute illness in Madhya Pradesh State have been given per one lakh (one tenth of a million) persons, males and females besides the percentage of people getting regular treatment from Government and all sources combined.

Having Diagnosed (Per Lakh) and Percent Seeking  Treatment of Any Kind of Acute illness Source Wise in Madhya Pradesh State of India
Acute illness	Person		Male		Female
	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
Diagnosed for any kind of Acute Illness	10087	7697	9642	7210	10573	8236
Getting Regular Treatment for any kind of Acute Illness	85.8	93.5	85.0	93.4	86.7	93.7
Getting Regular Treatment from Government Source for any kind of Acute Illness	16.7	18.1	17.0	17.8	16.4	18.5

It can be seen from above that confirmed prevalence of Acute Illness is higher in Rural Madhya Pradesh (around 9.6% for males and 10.6% for females) than in Urban Madhya Pradesh (around 7.2% for males and 8.2% for females). In both the areas, females are more acute ill than males and more so in Urban.  Seeking of regular treatment is some what higher in urban areas than rural whatever the source of seeking health facilities is.  Rural females are little more for regular treatment than rural males.  Urban females are also more for regular treatment than urban males. But Government Sources are not popular in both the Urban and rural areas. Only 17.8% of males utilize the Government facilities in Urban, whereas 18.5% of females use Government facilities.  In rural Madhya Pradesh, the use of Government Facilities is only around 17% by males and about 16% by females.  Thus, only 18% of urban persons utilize the Government facilities, whereas 17% of rural persons use Government facilities.  Thus Government need to strengthen the health care system in entire Madhya Pradesh so that public may have to spend less from their pocket on health care.