Report statistics says, Delhiites are healthiest

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May 20 2016 09:48 AM
Harshita

Report statistics says, Delhiites are healthiest

The latest statistics on social consumption on health finds that the Delhiites are the healthier than those residing in other part of the country. According to the statistics for January-June 2014, 48 out of 1,000 people fell ill in rural areas and 50 in urban areas in Delhi. This is much lower than the national average of 89 for rural and 118 for urban areas.

Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said, “the comparative figure in urban areas of Punjab was 170, Haryana 75, Himachal Pradesh 51, Jammu and Kashmir 41, Rajasthan 83, Uttar Pradesh 91 and Gujarat 103”.

The report brought out by the directorate of economics and statistics of the Delhi government is based on the result of the National Sample Survey 71st round on health and morbidity.

The report said that out of total estimated births, 5.02% were reported in rural and 94.98% in urban areas. In Delhi, 62.5% of births were reported in public hospitals.

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