Skip to main content

Table 2 Distribution of original research health papers from India as compared with the estimated disease burden

From: The lack of public health research output from India

Disease / Condition*

% DALY loss in 2000*

% DALY loss in 2010*

No. (%) of original research health papers†

% quality-adjusted output for original research health papers‡

No. (%) of original research basic science papers§

% quality-adjusted output for original research basic science papers¶

No. (%) of original research clinical science papers#

% quality-adjusted output for original research clinical science papers**

No. (%) of original research public health papers††

% quality-adjusted output for original research public health papers‡‡

Communicable, Maternal, Perinatal and Nutritional Conditions

44.2

34.1

950 (28.6)

37.4

397 (34.9)

42.9

484 (23.5)

29.1

69 (53.9)

59.4

   Infectious & parasitic diseases

25.9

22.7

762 (22.9)

33.1

358 (31.5)

40.2

362 (17.6)

23.6

42 (32.8)

48.6

Tuberculosis

6.8

7.0

143 (4.3)

7.4

49 (4.3)

7.2

87 (4.2)

5.6

7 (5.5)

29.2

STDs excluding HIV

1.5

1.1

13 (0.4)

0.3

1 (0.1)

0.1

12 (0.6)

0.6

0 (0.0)

0.0

HIV

3.3

6.0

48 (1.4)

1.6

14 (1.2)

1.5

29 (1.4)

1.8

5 (3.9)

1.2

Diarrhoeal diseases

6.7

4.2

34 (1.0)

1.9

17 (1.5)

2.2

16 (0.8)

1.8

1 (0.8)

0.3

Childhood cluster diseases

4.1

2.5

12 (0.4)

0.5

4 (0.4)

0.4

5 (0.2)

0.6

3 (2.3)

0.0

   Respiratory infections

8.0

5.0

18 (0.5)

0.2

2 (0.2)

0.1

15 (0.7)

0.4

1 (0.8)

0.0

Lower respiratory infections

7.7

4.9

8 (0.2)

0.1

2 (0.2)

0.1

6 (0.3)

0.2

0 (0.0)

0.0

   Maternal conditions

1.4

0.6

84 (2.5)

1.8

17 (1.5)

1.1

60 (2.9)

2.4

7 (5.5)

2.4

   Perinatal conditions

6.1

3.9

25 (0.8)

0.4

1 (0.1)

0.1

23 (1.1)

0.8

1 (0.8)

1.0

   Nutritional deficiencies

2.9

1.8

45 (1.4)

1.4

8 (0.7)

0.5

22 (1.1)

1.8

15 (11.7)

7.1

Protein energy malnutrition

1.2

0.7

6 (0.2)

0.2

1 (0.1)

0.0

1 (0.0)

0.0

4 (3.1)

3.4

Iron deficiency anaemia

1.5

1.0

10 (0.3)

0.2

1 (0.1)

0.3

6 (0.3)

0.2

3 (2.4)

0.0

Noncommunicable diseases

38.7

47.5

2344 (70.6)

62.0

732 (64.4)

56.5

1555 (75.6)

70.1

57 (44.5)

40.2

   Malignant neoplasms

3.8

5.4

370 (11.1)

11.2

118 (10.4)

9.1

251 (12.2)

14.4

1 (0.8)

2.9

   Diabetes mellitus

0.8

0.8

129 (3.9)

3.2

64 (5.6)

3.6

57 (2.8)

2.3

8 (6.3)

8.5

   Neuro-psychiatric conditions

9.6

11.5

248 (7.5)

8.8

112 (9.9)

10.5

124 (6.0)

6.6

12 (9.4)

11.6

Unipolar major depression

4.0

5.0

0 (0.0)

0.0

0 (0.0)

0.0

0 (0.0)

0.0

0 (0.0)

0.0

Bipolar disorder

1.2

1.4

3 (0.1)

0.2

0 (0.0)

0.0

1 (0.0)

0.1

2 (1.6)

3.5

   Sense organ diseases

1.5

2.1

185 (5.6)

4.8

25 (2.2)

2.1

148 (7.2)

7.5

12 (9.4)

8.8

Cataract

1.2

1.7

25 (0.8)

0.9

6 (0.5)

0.3

16 (0.8)

1.3

3 (2.3)

2.5

   Cardiovascular diseases

11.4

14.6

203 (6.1)

3.6

38 (3.3)

2.3

159 (7.7)

5.2

6 (4.7)

0.7

Ischaemic heart disease

5.3

7.1

56 (1.7)

0.9

11 (1.0)

0.7

41 (2.0)

1.2

4 (3.1)

0.2

Cerebrovascular disease

2.1

2.7

20 (0.6)

0.3

3 (0.3)

0.2

17 (0.8)

0.4

0 (0.0)

0.0

   Respiratory diseases

3.7

4.8

68 (2.0)

1.5

15 (1.3)

1.1

45 (2.2)

1.6

8 (6.3)

3.2

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1.4

2.0

2 (0.1)

0.0

0 (0.0)

0.0

2 (0.1)

0.0

0 (0.0)

0.0

   Digestive tract diseases

2.3

2.4

198 (6.0)

5.3

52 (4.6)

3.7

143 (6.9)

7.5

3 (2.3)

1.5

Cirrhosis of liver

1.1

1.2

12 (0.4)

0.6

1 (0.1)

0.6

11 (0.5)

0.6

0 (0.0)

0.0

   Congenital anomalies

3.4

3.5

105 (3.2)

1.6

2 (0.2)

0.2

103 (5.0)

3.3

0 (0.0)

0.0

Injuries

17.2

18.4

28 (0.8)

0.7

7 (0.6)

0.6

19 (0.9)

0.8

2 (1.6)

0.4

   Unintentional injuries

15.0

15.9

24 (0.7)

0.6

7 (0.6)

0.6

15 (0.7)

0.6

2 (1.6)

0.4

Road traffic injuries

3.5

5.1

2 (0.1)

0.0

0 (0.0)

0.0

2 (0.1)

0.0

0 (0.0)

0.0

Falls

3.5

3.0

0 (0.0)

0.0

0 (0.0)

0.0

0 (0.0)

0.0

0 (0.0)

0.0

Fires

2.1

2.0

4 (0.1)

0.1

2 (0.2)

0.1

2 (0.1)

0.2

0 (0.0)

0.0

   Intentional injuries

2.1

2.5

1 (0.0)

0.1

0 (0.0)

0.0

1 (0.0)

0.1

0 (0.0)

0.0

Self-inflicted injuries

1.4

1.7

1 (0.0)

0.1

0 (0.0)

0.0

1 (0.0)

0.1

0 (0.0)

0.0

Total

100

100

3322 (100)

100

1136 (100)

100

2058 (100)

100

128 (100)

100

  1. *According to the Global Burden of Disease Study [2]; only diseases/conditions with disease burden of >1% of the total are listed, plus diabetes mellitus; since all diseases/conditions are not listed, the sum of sub-categories shown may not add up to the total for their categories; DALY is disability-adjusted life year
  2. †Denominator for this percent calculation is 3322, which excludes 1172 papers that were not classifiable into specific disease/condition categories
  3. ‡ Based on the total impact factor of 3456.262 for the 3322 original health research papers included in this table
  4. §Denominator for this percent calculation is 1136, which excludes 1091 papers that were not classifiable into specific disease/condition categories
  5. ¶Based on the total impact factor of 1757.491 for the 1136 original basic health research papers included in this table
  6. #Denominator for this percent calculation is 2058, which excludes 61 papers that were not classifiable into specific disease/condition categories
  7. **Based on the total impact factor of 1557.811 for the 2058 original clinical health research papers included in this table
  8. ††Denominator for this percent calculation is 128, which excludes 20 papers that were not classifiable into specific disease/condition categories
  9. ‡‡Based on the total impact factor of 140.96 for the 128 original public health research papers included in this table