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

Uttar Pradesh (UP) is the major Northern State of India and it is most populated state in India.  The state comprised of around 200 million people and around 105 million (more than half) males as per census 2011.  The urban population was around 44 million in 2011 i.e. over 22% live in cities and towns in UP.  Here below the diagnosis of any kind of Acute Illnesses in Uttar 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 Uttar Pradesh State.  Here below incidence of getting diagnosed of Acute illness in Uttar 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 Uttar Pradesh State of India
Acute illness	Person		Male		Female
	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
Diagnosed for any kind of Acute Illness	12959	11151	12491	10736	13448	11611
Getting Regular Treatment for any kind of Acute Illness	97.7	98.4	97.8	98.4	97.6	98.4
Getting Regular Treatment  from Government Source for any kind of Acute Illness	3.5	4.9	3.6	4.7	3.5	5.2

It can be seen from above that confirmed prevalence of Acute Illness is lower in Rural Uttar Pradesh (around 12.5% for males and 13.4% for females) than in Urban Uttar Pradesh (around 10.7% for males and 11.6% for females). In both the areas, females are more acute ill than males.  Seeking of regular treatment is marginally higher in urban areas than rural.  For Rural males are little more for regular treatment than rural females.  But Government Sources are not at all popular in both the Rural and urban areas.  Only 5% of urban persons utilize the Government facilities, whereas 3.5% of rural persons use Government facilities.  Thus Government needs to strengthen the health care system in entire Uttar Pradesh so that public may have to spend less from their pocket on health care.