Table 2.
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 |
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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 |
Fever due to malaria, typhoid and fever of unknown origin, all specific fevers that do not have a confirmed diagnosis;
Cold, runny nose, sore throat with cough, allergic colds included;
Pain or swelling in any joints, or swelling or pus from the bones;
Recurrent episode of wheezing and breathlessness with or without cough over long periods or known asthma.