India: ailments reported among elderly during the last 15 days, by age

According to a survey conducted in India, the highest number of reported ailments were related to cardio-vascular diseases for both age groups from 2017 to 2018. By contrast, ailments least reported were related to the ear with 132 per 100,000 elderly above 60.

Ailments reported among elderly during the last 15 days from July 2017 to June 2018 in India, by age group (per 100,000 persons)

Characteristic	Above 70	Above 60
Cardio-vascular	12,481	10,115
Endocrine, metabolic	8,295	7,104
Musculo-skeletal	5,469	4,398
Infection	3,498	3,153
Respiratory	3,038	2,294
Psychiatric & neurological	1,469	1,381
Gastro-intestinal	1,167	810
Eye	757	467
Blood diseases	560	274
Genito-Urinary	375	320
Skin	212	276
Ear	188	132
Cancers	138	150

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Release date

July 2021

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Region

India

Survey time period

July 2017 to June 2018

Supplementary notes

The last 15 days have been used to reduce the recall bias. I.e. it is easier for a sample size to recollect what ailments they had in the past 15 days as opposed to a month ago.

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