Report on The STATE of HEALTH of MUMBAI Supported by FORD FOUNDATION MADHU MEHTA FOUNDATION 1
Part 1 2 Data from (160) Municipal Dispensaries, (24) Municipal Hospitals and (4) State Hospitals
Sensitive Diseases/Ailments Malaria23,31739,89878,44839,828 Diarrhoea81,321116,295125,99999,839 Hypertension28,33732,46938,38825,518 Tuberculosis31,51029,69232,38329,878 Diabetes23,77723,83822,49321,264 Typhoid8,2884,2206,5577,561 Hepatitis B Dengue ,4031,879 Cholera % Increase from as base year for total cases Malaria Diarrhoea Hypertension Tuberculosis Diabetes Typhoid Hepatitis B Dengue Cholera
Part 2 4 Data based on Household survey of 15,191 respondents across the city of Mumbai
Provisional Population 2011 Estimated citizens using private facilities (in %) Estimated citizens using private facilities (in numbers) Total1,24,32, %93,88,030 Estimated Citizens using private dispensaries/hospitals More than 75% of citizens in Mumbai use private health care facilities. 5
In % Amount spent from total income (in %) 4.26More than 30% % to 30 % % to 20% % to 10% 30.7 Less than 5% 100Total Estimated percentage of Annual Family Income spent on hospital/medical costs Hospitalised Indians spend more than 58% of annual income on medical costs. Over 25% hospitalised Indians fall below poverty lines because of medical costs (Source: NRHM Website) 6 More than 30% of households spend 11% or more of their annual income on hospital/medical costs.
In % Respondents having medical insurance20.45 Respondents not having medical insurance79.55 Total100 Medical Insurance Coverage 5 Only 10% Indians have medical insurance and it covers only hospitalisation costs (mainly for chronic diseases) and not expenses incurred for OPD (Out Patient) or drugs (Source: NRHM Website)
Diseases/Ailments Total Estimated Cases Estimated Households suffering from the disease/ailment (in %) Diabetes274, % Malaria392, % Tuberculosis63, % Hypertension78,6353 % Cancer39, % Estimated Occurrence of Diseases/Ailments for the year
Red Flags 9 Over 3.8 Lakh Mumbaikars suffered from Malaria last year Over 2.7 Lakh Mumbaikars suffered from Diabetes 63,227 citizens of Mumbai were prone to the life threatening Tuberculosis 80% Mumbaikars do not have health insurance 30% of Mumbaikars spend more than 11% of annual income on medical costs Public Health Surveillance (Health Information System) is inadequate Government focus is more on tertiary healthcare & not on primary healthcare