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

Uttarakhand is one of the major Northern hilly State of India.  The state comprised of over 10 million people and around 5 million (more than half) males as per census 2011.  The urban population was over 3 million in 2011 i.e. about 30.6% of the people live in cities and towns in Uttarakhand.  Here below the diagnosis of any kind of Chronic Illnesses in Uttarakhand 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 Uttarakhand State.  Here below incidence of getting diagnosed of Chronic Diseases in Uttarakhand 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 Uttarakhand State of India
Chronic Diseases	Person		Male		Female
	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
Diagnosed for any kind of Chronic Disease	7579	9049	6274	7861	8850	10351
Getting Regular Treatment for any kind of Chronic Disease	54.3	73.6	57.1	75.5	52.4	72.0
Getting Regular Treatment from Government Source for any kind of Chronic Disease	29.2	21.0	28.4	20.5	29.7	21.5

It can be seen from above that confirmed prevalence of Chronic Illness is higher in Urban Uttarakhand (around 7.9% for males and 10.4% for females) than in Rural Uttarakhand (around 6.3% for males and 8.9% 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.  Both Rural and Urban males are little more for regular treatment.  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 Uttarakhand for depending more on Government Sources.