Table 2 Disease burden and access to healthcare in elderly population of India
Hospitalization (in %) | Out-patient care (in %) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospitalization rate | Share of hospitalization under public sector | Proportion of population reporting chronic condition | Proportion of population reporting ailment in last 15 days | PAP in last 15 days | Share of PAP under public sector | |
Total | 8.5 | 39.8 | 22.4 | 5.7 | 27.7 | 33.6 |
Age group (years) | ||||||
60–69 | 7.1 | 40.4 | 20.3 | 5.2 | 25.1 | 34.0 |
70–79 | 10.1 | 40.8 | 25.3 | 6.8 | 31.7 | 33.2 |
80 and above | 14.3 | 35.5 | 31.2 | 6.8 | 36.7 | 32.2 |
Place of Residence | ||||||
Rural | 7.7 | 44.5 | 19.0 | 6.0 | 24.6 | 39.7 |
Urban | 10.1 | 32.7 | 29.5 | 5.2 | 34.0 | 25.5 |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 9.5 | 40.3 | 22.2 | 5.8 | 27.5 | 33.5 |
Female | 7.5 | 39.3 | 22.6 | 5.7 | 27.9 | 33.7 |
Marital Status | ||||||
Never Married/ divorced/ | 8.8 | 41.8 | 23.1 | 2.2 | 25.0 | 47.6 |
Currently married | 7.8 | 38.1 | 21.2 | 5.3 | 26.1 | 32.1 |
Widowed | 7.7 | 40.4 | 24.8 | 6.5 | 30.8 | 35.7 |
Surviving Children | ||||||
At least one surviving child | 7.8 | 38.9 | 22.5 | 5.8 | 27.9 | 33.5 |
No child | 21.3 | 46.0 | 19.9 | 4.5 | 24.2 | 37.0 |
Social Groups | ||||||
ST | 5.5 | 64.0 | 10.6 | 7.3 | 17.8 | 43.5 |
SC | 7.5 | 53.2 | 18.4 | 6.5 | 24.7 | 38.6 |
OBC | 8.2 | 38.4 | 20.9 | 5.6 | 26.0 | 42.2 |
General | 10.0 | 33.8 | 28.5 | 5.3 | 33.2 | 22.7 |
Education | ||||||
Illiterate | 6.1 | 46.1 | 17.8 | 5.9 | 23.4 | 37.7 |
Up to primary | 10.3 | 42.8 | 26.5 | 6.8 | 32.6 | 41.2 |
Up to secondary | 9.7 | 29.1 | 30.4 | 4.9 | 34.5 | 26.7 |
Above Secondary | 8.0 | 17.4 | 27.5 | 3.7 | 30.8 | 15.3 |
Household occupation | ||||||
Self employed | 7.1 | 36.5 | 20.1 | 6.0 | 25.8 | 31.0 |
Regular Wages | 9.2 | 37.4 | 25.7 | 6.2 | 31.5 | 27.1 |
Casual Labourer | 6.5 | 53.8 | 18.6 | 5.8 | 24.0 | 50.3 |
Economic quintile-Rural | ||||||
Poorest | 5.0 | 51.0 | 9.6 | 7.3 | 16.7 | 45.3 |
Poor | 5.0 | 52.2 | 15.8 | 5.9 | 21.5 | 34.9 |
Middle | 6.7 | 47.1 | 15.6 | 6.2 | 21.6 | 39.1 |
Rich | 8.3 | 44.3 | 20.0 | 5.6 | 25.3 | 39.4 |
Richest | 11.2 | 37.7 | 32.7 | 5.1 | 36.8 | 40.5 |
Economic quintile-Urban | ||||||
Poorest | 9.7 | 47.7 | 22.5 | 4.7 | 26.7 | 41.6 |
Poor | 9.7 | 41.6 | 28.4 | 3.4 | 31.4 | 31.5 |
Middle | 9.7 | 35.1 | 27.3 | 8.3 | 35.1 | 27.1 |
Rich | 10.1 | 26.4 | 30.8 | 4.8 | 34.7 | 22.5 |
Richest | 11.0 | 14.4 | 40.2 | 4.3 | 43.8 | 12.5 |