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Table 2 Disease burden and access to healthcare in elderly population of India

From: Equity and elderly health in India: reflections from 75th round National Sample Survey, 2017–18, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

  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
  1. Source: Authors’ computation from unit records of NSSO 75th Round 2017–18