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. 2014 Jan 17;12:3. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-3

Table 1.

Demographic profile and TB program performance of Delhi for the years 2001 and 2011

Delhi demographic profile a,b Year 2001 Year 2011
Delhi population
13,850,507
16,753,235
Decadal growth rate
47.0%
21.0%
Net migration rate
12.7%
17.5%
Population density (per square km)
9,340
11,297
Sex ratio (Females per 1,000 males)
821
866
Literacy rates (%)
82
86
Per capita income (INR)
38,864
148,608
Urban Delhi profile c
Year 2001
Year 2011
Population living in urban areas
93.0%
97.5%
Population growth rate in urban areas
51.3%
26.6%
Population living in one-room dwelling units
38.1%
32.2%
Average number of household members
4.9
5.2
Slum population residing in urban areas
15.7%
19.6%
Unauthorized settlements (shanty clusters/unauthorized/resettlement colonies)
67.5%
46.0%
TB program performance in Delhi d
Year 2001
Year 2011
Percentage of State Government budget on healthc
7
12
Number of doctors in government hospitals per 10,000 populationc
1.9
3.8
Number of treatment centres (DOT centres)
51
585
Number of private sector engagements
10
231
Number of TB suspects examined
153220*
164392
Number of new TB case notification rates per 100,000 population
229
214
TB death rates (%)
3.1
2.2
Number of lives saved (all types of TB patients)
4775
9076
Lives saved (all types of TB patients) per 100,000 population 35 51

Data Source: aOffice of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. bOffice of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. cUrban Health Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. dRevised National Tuberculosis Control Program Delhi, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (http://www.dotsdelhi.org/program-performance.php) *Data available from the year 2005 onwards in Annual TB Report, 2006 at the website of Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program, Government of India (http://www.tbcindia.nic.in/pdfs/Annual%20Report%20TB%202006.pdf).