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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why are there disparities between States on diseases? -Bindu Shajan Perappadan

Why are there disparities between States on diseases? -Bindu Shajan Perappadan

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published Published on Dec 20, 2017   modified Modified on Dec 20, 2017
-The Hindu

What is the report?

The India State-Level Disease Burden report, a first-of-its-kind assessment of causes for diseases in each State from 1990 to 2016, was released recently. A team of scientists evaluated the diseases causing the most premature deaths and ill-health in each State. It found out, for instance, that life expectancy at birth in the country has improved significantly.

What is worrying?

However, the report indicated many health inequalities among States, noting that while there was a fall in the under-five mortality in every State there was also a four-fold difference in the rate of improvement among them. “The per person burden from many of the leading infectious and non-communicable diseases varied 5-10 times between States,” the report pointed out with researchers attributing this to differences in the development status, environment, lifestyle patterns, preventive health measures and curative health services between the States.

“In the most developed States this transition took place about 30 years ago, but in the poorest States this transition has taken place only over the past few years,” the report said.

Who suffers most?

It explained that infectious and childhood diseases continue to be significant problems in the poor Empowered Action Group States of north India (Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and Assam), which still contributes 37-43% of the total disease burden. These diseases are responsible for the inordinately high burden of premature deaths and morbidity suffered by children under five years of age in these States.

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The Hindu, 9 December, 2017, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/why-are-there-disparities-between-states-on-diseases/article21381446.ece


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