Diagnoses of Chronic Diseases and Getting Source Wise Regular Treatment in Assam State of India

Assam is the major North-Eastern State of India.  The state comprised of 31 million people and around 16 million (more than half) males as per census 2011.  The urban population was around 4.4 million with males 2.3 millions in 2011.  Here below the diagnosis of any kind of Chronic Illnesses in Assam 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 Assam State.  Here below incidence of getting diagnosed of Chronic Diseases in Assam 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  Regular Treatment of Any Kind of Chronic Diseases Source Wise in Assam State of India
Chronic Diseases	Person		Male		Female
	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
Diagnosed for any kind of Chronic Disease	9539	11901	8970	11317	10131	12532
Getting Regular Treatment for any kind of Chronic Disease	63.4	75.1	63.4	76.7	63.7	73.8
Getting Regular Treatment from Government Source for any kind of Chronic Disease	41.2	31.4	40.8	30.2	41.5	31.8

It can be seen from above that confirmed prevalence of Chronic Illness is higher in Urban Assam (around 11.3% for males and 12.5% for females) than in Rural Assam (around 9% for males and 10.1% for females). In both the areas, females are more chronic ill than males.  Seeking of regular treatment is much higher in urban areas than rural.  Urban males are little more for regular treatment comparatively.  But Government Sources are not popular in Urban than rural areas.  Probably, private facilities may be better equipped as compared to Government set up in urban areas and the availability of Government facilities may be better in rural areas as compared to the private sector clinics and affordability problem may be the second best reason for rural Assam for depending more on Government Sources.