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The National Health
Profile report of 2015 was released in the last week of September by JP Nadda,
the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare. It was prepared by the
Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI) and for the first time, its
digital version was also released. This article will look at the objective of
this report, major findings and the ministries involved.
History and
Objectives
The National Health Profile was first published in 2005, and
the 2015 edition is the eleventh one in the list. The objective of the National
Health Profile is to assimilate a multidimensional and comprehensive database
of India’s health information and to make it available to all stakeholders in
the healthcare domain. The elementary idea is to understand the health
indicators of the nation so that the progress made by the country in various
health outcomes can be monitored. This year, a digital version has also been
released, as a part of the Digital Indi campaign by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. The Health Minister said that the data plays a vital role in navigation
and it could help in examining the national policies in real time.
Coverage
The National Health Profile covers demographic,
socio-economic, health status and health finance indicators and generates
extensive information on human resources in health and health infrastructure.
Highlights of the
National Health Profile 2015
Expenditure
1. The Centre’s share of total public expenditure on
health has fallen in the last two years, and consequently GDP (Gross Domestic
Product) spent by India on its health is less than some of the poorest
countries of the world.
2. The states to spend the most on health per
capita were Goa and the North-Eastern states. In the same criterion, Bihar and
Jharkhand occupied the bottom two positions.
3. The highest public expenditure on health in
2012-13 was by the undivided Andhra
Pradesh.
4. Private expenditure on health has been on the
rise in the past few years and as a result, the cost of medicines and hospitalization
has occupied the largest share in household expenditures.
5. Kerala has emerged as the state that spent the
most privately on its health sector.
Availability of
Doctors and Hospitals
1. More than 11,000 people are served by an
allopathic doctor in a government hospital. Bihar and Maharashtra have the
worst doctor-patient ratios in this domain.
2. India has approximately 9.4 lakh allopathic
doctors, 25.7 lakh nurses, 1.54 lakh dentists, 7.37 lakh AYUSH doctors and 66.4
lakh pharmacists. These are progressive figures.
3. On the national level, each government hospital
serves around 61,000 patients, and there is one bed for every 1833 patients.
4. Every government hospital serves over 3 lakh
people in an undivided Andhra
Pradesh.
5. In Bihar, there is one bed for every 8800
people.
Communicable Diseases
1. Deaths caused by communicable diseases have been
dropping in India. Even though more than 10 lakh cases have been registered,
deaths caused by them have fallen down to a mere 500 per year.
2. In the specific statistics of malaria, one in
every three cases has risen from Odisha.
3. In 2014, there were 131 deaths out of a total
40,000 dengue cases.
4. Although the number of Acute Diarrhoeal Disease cases
has been mounting and reached 1.16 crore in 2014, deaths caused by it have been
gradually decreasing.
5. Following the 2010 chikungunya outbreak, the
numbers have fallen down but Maharahtra still accounts for around half of
these.
6. The number of cases and deaths of Acute
Enciphalitis Syndrome saw a big leap in 2014. This disease is primarily seen in
Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
7. The most fatal communicable disease remains
pulmonary tuberculosis, which took close to 63,000 lives in 2014.
Non-Communicable
Diseases and Cancer
1. Non-communicable diseases are rising – cardiovascular
diseases make up for one-fourth and cancer account for 6 per cent of the deaths.
2. According to the National Health Profile 2015, cancer
among men will record a 19 per cent jump, with mouth cancer seeing the biggest
rise. There will be a 23 per cent increase in cancer among women, and gall
bladder cancer might be showing the sharpest increase.
3. Regardless of the nationwide ban on gutka, mouth
cancer will record a 51 per cent leap.
4. There will be a 48 per cent leap in prostate
cancer, 31 per cent rise in liver cancer and 22 per cent increase in lung
cancer.
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Cancer incidences in men will rise to 622203 by
2020 from the current 522164.
These are the major points of the report (from the
perspective of your upcoming exams). If you are able to recall these key
points, you should be able to answer the likely questions based on this report easily.
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