Table 2. Sample distribution, prevalence of any one morbidity and multimorbidity, National Family Health Survey, India, 2015–16.
| Correlates | Sample distribution
(weighted percentage) |
Prevalence rate (per 100 women) | Mean number of
morbidities |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any one morbidity | Two or more
morbidities |
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| Age (in years) | ||||
| 15–19 | 120285 (17.58) | 7.66 (7.62-7.71) | 0.54 (0.53-0.55) | 0.09 |
| 20–24 | 108172 (16.32) | 9.97 (9.91-10.03) | 0.79 (0.78-0.81) | 0.12 |
| 25–29 | 104472 (15.84) | 13.50 (13.43-13.56) | 1.58 (1.56-1.61) | 0.17 |
| 30–34 | 92722 (14.30) | 18.41 (18.33-18.49) | 2.83 (2.80-2.87) | 0.24 |
| 35–39 | 88969 (13.53) | 22.81 (22.72-22.90) | 4.77 (4.72-4.82) | 0.33 |
| 40–44 | 75416 (11.60) | 27.38 (27.28-27.48) | 7.27 (7.21-7.34) | 0.42 |
| 45–49 | 71775 (11.11) | 31.18 (31.08-31.29) | 10.26 (10.19-10.33) | 0.52 |
| χ2 p-value=0.000 | ||||
|
Place of
residence |
||||
| Urban | 194801 (34.78) | 18.64 (18.59-18.69) | 4.46 (4.44-4.49) | 0.28 |
| Rural | 467010 (65.22) | 16.77 (16.73-16.81) | 3.00 (2.97-3.01) | 0.23 |
| χ2 p-value=0.000 | ||||
| Religion | ||||
| Hindu | 489798 (80.37) | 17.03 (17.00-17.07) | 3.31 (3.29-3.32) | 0.23 |
| Muslim | 90183 (13.90) | 18.70 (18.62-18.78) | 4.27 (4.23-4.31) | 0.28 |
| Others | 81830 (5.73) | 19.72 (19.60-19.85) | 4.31 (4.24-4.37) | 0.29 |
| χ2 p-value=0.000 | ||||
| Social group | ||||
| Scheduled Castes/
Tribes |
239414 (29.72) | 16.91 (16.86-16.97) | 2.98 (2.96-3.00) | 0.24 |
| Other Backward
Castes |
255958 (42.98) | 16.98 (16.94-17.03) | 3.39 (3.37-3.41) | 0.23 |
| Others | 166439 (27.30) | 18.67 (18.61-18.72) | 4.24 (4.21-4.27) | 0.28 |
| χ2 p-value=0.000 | ||||
|
Level of
education |
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| No education | 180542 (26.62) | 20.70 (20.64-20.76) | 4.38 (4.31-4.37) | 0.30 |
| Primary | 89028 (13.36) | 19.78 (19.69-19.85) | 4.37 (4.33-4.42) | 0.28 |
| Secondary | 317411 (47.40) | 15.67 (15.63-15.71) | 3.04 (3.02-3.05) | 0.22 |
| Higher | 74830 (12.62) | 14.59 (14.52-14.68) | 2.56 (2.52-2.59) | 0.20 |
| χ2 p-value=0.300 | ||||
| Wealth index | ||||
| Poorest | 124542 (17.49) | 16.06 (15.99-16.12) | 2.32 (2.29-2.34) | 0.21 |
| Poorer | 140851 (19.51) | 16.16 (16.01-16.23) | 2.76 (2.73-2.78) | 0.22 |
| Middle | 139539 (20.57) | 16.87 (16.80-16.93) | 3.15 (3.12-3.18) | 0.24 |
| Richer | 131845 (21.27) | 18.63 (18.56-18.69) | 4.27 (4.23-4.30) | 0.27 |
| Richest | 125034 (21.15) | 19.04 (18.97-19.11) | 4.75 (4.71-4.78) | 0.29 |
| χ2 p-value=0.000 | ||||
| Family status | ||||
| Living without
spouse |
197488 (28.03) | 11.29 (11.25-11.34) | 1.67 (1.65-1.68) | 0.15 |
| Living with spouse | 464323 (71.97) | 19.81 (19.7-19.84) | 4.22 (4.20-4.23) | 0.29 |
| χ2 p-value=0.000 | ||||
| Parity | ||||
| 0 | 207921 (29.85) | 10.14 (10.10-10.18) | 1.21 (1.19-1.22) | 0.13 |
| 1 | 82956 (13.35) | 16.52 (16.45-16.60) | 3.20 (3.16-3.24) | 0.22 |
| 2 or more | 370934 (56.81) | 21.46 (21.42-21.50) | 4.77 (4.75-4.80) | 0.31 |
| χ2 p-value=0.000 | ||||
|
Experienced
menopause |
||||
| No | 634948 (95.98) | 16.85 (16.82-16.88) | 3.22 (3.21-3.23) | 0.23 |
| Yes | 26863 (4.02) | 31.07 (30.89-31.24) | 10.29 (10.18-10.41) | 0.52 |
| χ2 p-value=0.000 | ||||
|
Tobacco
consumption |
||||
| No | 591843 (93.08) | 17.03 (17.00-17.06) | 3.38 (3.37-3.39) | 0.24 |
| Yes | 69968 (6.92) | 22.69 (22.57-22.81) | 5.17 (5.11-5.23) | 0.33 |
| χ2 p-value=0.000 | ||||
|
Alcohol
consumption |
||||
| No | 645212 (98.75) | 17.32 (17.29-17.35) | 3.48 (3.46-3.49) | 0.24 |
| Yes | 16599 (1.25) | 25.21 (24.91-25.50) | 5.53 (5.39-5.69) | 0.34 |
| χ2 p-value=0.000 | ||||
|
Body mass index
(kg/m2) |
||||
| Underweight | 152490 (23.88) | 11.79 (11.74-11.84) | 1.31 (1.29-1.32) | 0.15 |
| Normal | 370558 (53.08) | 15.27 (15.23-15.31) | 2.41 (2.39-2.42) | 0.20 |
| Overweight | 105539 (17.13) | 26.22 (26.14-26.31) | 6.67 (6.61-6.70) | 0.41 |
| Obese | 32930 (5.90) | 33.99 (33.84-34.14) | 13.08 (12.97-13.18) | 0.64 |
| χ2 p-value=0.000 | ||||
| Diet type | ||||
| Healthy | 331072 (49.14) | 16.46 (16.42-16.50) | 3.16 (3.14-3.18) | 0.23 |
| Unhealthy | 330739 (50.86) | 18.35 (18.31-18.39) | 3.83 (3.82-3.86) | 0.26 |
| χ2 p-value=0.000 | ||||
| Total | 6,61,811 | 17.42 (17.39-17.45) | 3.49 (3.48-3.52) | 0.25 |