Prevalence of Acute Illness in Chhattisgarh State of India

The prevalence of Acute Illness in Chhattisgarh for the year 2008 was 9746 per lakh population i.e. around 9.7%. The prevalence was higher in rural areas (10.1%) as compared to urban areas (8.5%). Further, the prevalence of Acute Illness was observed higher among females (10.2%) as compared to males (9.3%). 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)-Chhattisgarh

Sex	Diarrhea/ Dysentery			Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI)			Fever (All Types)
	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban	Total	Rural	Urban
Persons	1107	1213	723	2877	2694	3536	5193	5606	3696
Male	1024	1133	635	2772	2627	3289	4977	5401	3467
Female	1193	1296	815	2985	2763	3799	5415	5817	3938

The prevalence of fever alone was 5.2% it being higher in rural areas (5.6%) as compared to urban areas (3.7%). Diarrhea/ Dysentery had prevalence of 1.1% it being again higher in rural areas (1.2%) as compared to urban areas (0.72%), but the prevalence of ARI was much higher at 2.9% and this being higher in urban areas (3.5%) as compared to rural areas (2.7%).

These 3 diseases together account for about 94% of acute illnesses in both rural and 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	94.2	94.2	93.8
Male	94.4	94.5	93.8
Female	94.0	94.0	93.8