The ninth edition of the National Health Profile, 2013, released here on Thursday, reveals that per capita private expenditure on health is three to four times higher than per capita public expenditure in all major States — the exceptions being some Northeastern States and Jammu and Kashmir.
The report by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare says the expenditure on health has gone down from 4.3 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2000 to 3.7 per cent in 2010. The report highlights data on relevant health indicators and uses information from the 2011 census data and said fund flow to the health sector is maximum by private funds at 71. 62 per cent as per 2008-09 estimates. It said public funds had accounted only for 26.70 per cent.
During the 11th plan, 2007-12, Gujarat received the maximum budget allocation of Rs. 3,060 crore among all States.
Health status indicators reveal that the maximum number of malaria deaths has been reported from Maharashtra (70), while Odisha reported the largest number of cases — 2,16,568. The overall prevalence of the disease has diminished in the last three years, the report said.
However, there has been a considerable rise in the number of swine flu cases and deaths in 2012 and 2013 and a 72.6 per cent hike in the number of deaths in 2013.
InfanticideMadhya Pradesh reported the maximum number of foeticide and infanticide cases, with Uttar Pradesh in the second position followed by Maharashtra.
Morbidity due to non-communicable diseases accounts for a large share of the disease burden in India. The number of cases of coronary heart disease was estimated to be nearly 3.6 crore for the year 2005, which is expected to reach 6.1 crore by 2015. The number of cases of diabetes was estimated to be 3.1 crore in 2005 and expected to reach 4.6 crore in 2015. In 2013, there were 3,94,982 accidental deaths and 1,35,445 suicides and the maximum number of suicide cases 46,635 was reported between the age group 15-29 years.
Medical education infrastructure has shown rapid growth in the last 20 years. There are 381 medical colleges and 19,817 hospitals with 6,28,708 beds in the country.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, who released the report, spoke about the critical importance of reliable State-wise data in all sectors of healthcare. Such data would enable policymakers in planning and effective implementation of various schemes, he said.
