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. 2021 Jan 7;43(1):409–422. doi: 10.1007/s11357-020-00296-9

Table 2.

Classification of morbidity, morbidity rate, and duration of alignment in India, 2004 and 2018

2004 2018
Sr. No. Morbidity category Morbidity rate per 1,000,000 Duration of ailment in days Number of cases Morbidity rate per 1,000,000 Duration of ailment in days Number of cases
1 Diabetes 339 999 1691 1006 1440 6568
2 Hypertension 495 720 2287 1076 1270 6379
3 Heart Disease 257 365 1501 258 975 2028
4 Asthma 345 320 1540 217 960 1242
5 Thyroid 11 109 51 149 1065 820
6 Genitourinary (disease of kidney/urinary system, prostatic disorders, gynaecological disorders) 220 50 1184 98 215 686
7 Cancer 50 180 379 26 570 400
8 Neurological 193 200 1015 286 365 1680
9 Mental disease 64 450 309 58 2190 399
10 Blood disease 45 80 199 65 60 400
11 Eye disease 498 365 2260 87 120 476
12 Bone disease 624 350 2564 510 700 2503
13 Back or body aches NA NA NA 170 300 846
14 Injury accident 256 10 1222 193 20 1316
15 Fever 2032 5 6440 2351 4 9904
16 Cough but not TB 236 6 788 121 6 583
17 Diarrhoea 509 4 1823 126 4 566
18 skin disease 214 30 693 183 35 798
19 Acute upper respiratory infection 673 6 2532 485 5 2572
20 Gastrointestinal 496 16 1929 344 45 1817
21 Tuberculosis 111 180 669 38 240 276
22 Obstetric NA NA NA 20 25 181
23 Child birth NA NA NA 6 12 107
24 Others 1849 11 6968 102 45 692
Total 9518 223 38,044 7977 880 43,239