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. 2017 Apr 17;32(7):969–979. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czx016

Table 2.

Profile of the incidence and neglect of top10 SRM in 15-days reference period for the population under 60 years and 60 years or more in India, 2014

Most frequently reported morbidity Under 60 years Most frequently reported morbidity 60 years or more Most frequently reported morbidity that remained untreated Under 60 years Most frequently reported morbidity that remained untreated 60 years or more
All feversa 22.2 Hypertension 20.9 All feversa 22.2 Joint or bone diseasec 19.0
Acute upper respiratory infectionsb 9.6 Diabetes 16.5 Acute upper respiratory infectionsb 18.6 All feversa 15.6
Diabetes 7.5 Joint or bone diseasec 13.6 Headache 7.1 Back or body aches 9.3
Hypertension 6.0 Bronchial asthmad 6.5 Joint or bone diseasec 6.6 Gastric/peptic ulcer 6.6
Joint or bone diseasec 5.9 All feversa 5.5 Cough with sputum with or without fever not diagnosed as tuberculosis 5.5 Hypertension 6.0
Gastric/peptic ulcer 5.4 Heart disease 5.5 Gastric/peptic ulcer 5.3 Acute upper respiratory infectionsb 5.3
Cough with sputum with or without fever not diagnosed as tuberculosis 3.0 Back or body aches 4.0 Diarrhoea/dysentry 4.7 Diabetes 5.0
Back or body aches 2.9 Gastric/peptic ulcer 3.8 Back or body aches 4.3 Bronchial asthmad 4.3
Bronchial asthmad 2.9 Symptoms not fitting into any categories 2.6 Fever due to diptheria/whooping cough 2.5 Diarrhoea/dysentry 3.6
Diarrhoea/dysentry 2.7 Acute upper respiratory infectionsb 2.5 Skin infection and other skin diseases 2.0 Skin infection and other skin diseases 2.9
a

Fever due to malaria, typhoid and fever of unknown origin, all specific fevers that do not have a confirmed diagnosis;

b

Cold, runny nose, sore throat with cough, allergic colds included;

c

Pain or swelling in any joints, or swelling or pus from the bones;

d

Recurrent episode of wheezing and breathlessness with or without cough over long periods or known asthma.