From: Illnesses and hardship financing in India: an evaluation of inpatient and outpatient cases, 2014-18
 | 71st round 2014(A) | 75th round 2018(B) | Pooled (A+B) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Ailment | ||||||
  Infection | 10,766 | 25.71 | 20,362 | 32.12 | 31,128 | 29.86 |
  Cancer | 774 | 1.59 | 1,243 | 2.06 | 2,017 | 1.93 |
  Blood Disease | 825 | 1.91 | 1,230 | 2.22 | 2,055 | 1.97 |
  Endocrine | 1,149 | 2.57 | 1,762 | 2.58 | 2,911 | 2.79 |
  Psychiatric | 2,426 | 5.82 | 3,550 | 5.48 | 5,976 | 5.73 |
  Genito-urinary | 2,711 | 6.75 | 3,843 | 5.94 | 6,554 | 6.29 |
  Eye | 1,590 | 4.83 | 2,091 | 3.70 | 3,681 | 3.53 |
  Ear | 183 | 0.48 | 336 | 0.47 | 519 | 0.50 |
  Cardio-vascular | 3,269 | 8.46 | 5,654 | 8.72 | 8,923 | 8.56 |
  Respiratory | 2,025 | 5.01 | 2,514 | 3.98 | 4,539 | 4.35 |
  Gastro-intestinal | 4,739 | 11.19 | 6,765 | 10.03 | 11,504 | 11.04 |
  Skin | 390 | 0.94 | 628 | 0.93 | 1,018 | 0.98 |
  Musculo-Skeletal | 1,954 | 4.98 | 2,898 | 4.53 | 4,852 | 4.65 |
  Obstetric | 1,937 | 5.58 | 1,778 | 3.55 | 3,715 | 3.56 |
  Injuries | 4,519 | 11.25 | 7,697 | 11.43 | 12,216 | 11.72 |
  Others | 1,199 | 2.95 | 1,434 | 2.27 | 2,633 | 2.53 |
Gender | ||||||
  Male | 20,496 | 49.41 | 33,105 | 51.11 | 53,601 | 51.42 |
  Female | 19,960 | 50.59 | 30,680 | 48.89 | 50,640 | 48.58 |
Education Status | ||||||
  Illiterate | 14,102 | 37.49 | 18,864 | 32.25 | 32,966 | 31.62 |
  Less than primary education | 5,417 | 13.33 | 8,532 | 13.29 | 13,949 | 13.38 |
  Completed primary education | 5,138 | 12.50 | 8,180 | 13.82 | 13,318 | 12.78 |
  Middle school completed | 5,450 | 13.82 | 8,593 | 13.20 | 14,043 | 13.47 |
  Completed secondary or higher secondary | 7,395 | 16.85 | 14,052 | 20.53 | 21,447 | 20.57 |
  Graduation and above | 2,954 | 6.01 | 5,564 | 6.91 | 8,518 | 8.17 |
Type of Employment | ||||||
  Casual labour | 5,519 | 15.36 | 13,044 | 24.56 | 18,563 | 17.81 |
  Self-employed | 19,414 | 48.28 | 30,533 | 47.33 | 49,947 | 47.91 |
  Regular wage | 9,734 | 20.50 | 15,157 | 20.70 | 24,891 | 23.88 |
  Household without income | 5,789 | 15.86 | 5,051 | 7.40 | 10,840 | 10.40 |
Income Quintile | ||||||
  Poorest | 6,067 | 15.97 | 10,379 | 18.11 | 16,446 | 15.78 |
  Poor | 8,703 | 21.12 | 9,856 | 16.89 | 18,559 | 17.80 |
  Middle | 5,190 | 13.31 | 14,030 | 22.48 | 19,220 | 18.44 |
  Rich | 9,064 | 22.60 | 11,550 | 17.53 | 20,614 | 19.78 |
  Richest | 11,427 | 27.00 | 17,970 | 24.99 | 29,397 | 28.20 |
Living Condition Index | ||||||
  Low | 20,094 | 55.80 | 36,249 | 64.00 | 56,343 | 54.05 |
  High | 20,362 | 44.20 | 27,535 | 36.00 | 47,897 | 45.95 |
Insurance | ||||||
  Insured | 7,951 | 21.93 | 14,324 | 23.13 | 22,275 | 21.37 |
  Uninsured | 32,505 | 78.07 | 49,461 | 76.87 | 81,966 | 78.63 |
Chronic Diseases | ||||||
  Suffered | 8,782 | 24.83 | 10,358 | 19.37 | 19,140 | 18.36 |
  Did not suffer | 31,674 | 75.17 | 53,427 | 80.63 | 85,101 | 81.64 |
Location | ||||||
  Urban | 18,697 | 64.92 | 28,266 | 35.21 | 46,963 | 45.00 |
  Rural | 21,759 | 35.08 | 35,519 | 64.79 | 57,278 | 54.95 |
Religion | ||||||
  Hinduism | 31,208 | 79.74 | 48,274 | 79.23 | 79,482 | 76.25 |
  Islam | 5,580 | 13.63 | 8,695 | 14.40 | 14,275 | 13.69 |
  Christianity | 2,268 | 3.82 | 4,165 | 3.58 | 6,433 | 6.17 |
  Others | 1,400 | 2.82 | 2,651 | 2.79 | 4,051 | 4.00 |
Social Group | ||||||
  SC/ST | 11,163 | 25.15 | 17,853 | 25.02 | 29,016 | 27.84 |
  OBC | 16,181 | 44.86 | 25,721 | 43.8 | 41,902 | 40.20 |
  Others | 13,112 | 30.00 | 20,211 | 31.19 | 33,323 | 31.97 |
Type of Medical Institution | ||||||
  Public | 17,343 | 38.02 | 29,346 | 41.72 | 46,689 | 44.79 |
  Private | 23,113 | 61.98 | 34,439 | 58.28 | 57,552 | 55.21 |
Age Group | ||||||
  Children | 7,120 | 16.51 | 11,013 | 16.60 | 18,133 | 17.40 |
  Working age | 24,941 | 61.74 | 40,130 | 63.32 | 65,071 | 62.42 |
  Elderly | 8,395 | 21.75 | 12,642 | 20.08 | 21,037 | 20.18 |
State Regions | ||||||
  North zone | 7,428 | 17.11 | 11,811 | 18.94 | 19,239 | 18.46 |
  South zone | 9,516 | 34.82 | 14,992 | 30.38 | 24,508 | 23.51 |
  East zone | 7,026 | 18.22 | 10,688 | 20.06 | 17,714 | 16.99 |
  West zone | 7,399 | 20.05 | 10,827 | 19.65 | 18,226 | 17.48 |
  Central zone | 2,827 | 6.21 | 4,461 | 6.15 | 7,288 | 6.99 |
  North-east zone | 4,162 | 1.82 | 7,328 | 2.21 | 11,490 | 11.02 |
  Union Territory | 2,098 | 1.77 | 3,678 | 2.62 | 5,776 | 5.54 |
Free Advice | ||||||
  Yes | 17,085 | 38.19 | 31,229 | 45.84 | 48,314 | 46.35 |
  No | 23,371 | 61.81 | 32,552 | 54.16 | 55,923 | 53.65 |
Marital Status | ||||||
  Unmarried | 15,830 | 37.99 | 25,497 | 38.21 | 41,327 | 39.65 |
  Married | 24,626 | 62.01 | 38,288 | 61.79 | 62,914 | 60.35 |