Out of every thousand people in the national Capital, 48 people fell ill in rural areas while 50 people in urban areas during January-June 2014, according to a report on 'Social Consumption on Health in Delhi' released by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
At the national level, however, 89 and 118 people in rural and urban areas respectively fell sick per thousand during the same period.
The report also says the proportion of ailing persons (PAP) was found to be highest among the age groups 60 plus followed by persons falling in the age group 45-59 years.
The report brought out by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics of the Delhi Government is based on the result of National Sample Survey 71st Round on Health and Morbidity.
The comparative figure in urban areas of Punjab was 170, Haryana 75, Himachal Pradesh 51, Jammu and Kashmir 41, Rajasthan 83, Uttar Pradesh 91 and Gujarat 103.
The report also stated that out of total estimated birth cases, 5.02 per cent were reported in rural and 94.98 per cent cases in urban. Maximum numbers of child birth cases — 33.95 per cent — were reported for mothers in the age group of 20-24 years, closely followed by mothers in the age group of 25-29 years. The average duration of stay of mothers at hospital per child birth was about 3 days.
In Delhi, out of total estimated child birth cases, 62.48 per cent were reported in public hospitals. The share of total hospitalisation cases (excluding child birth) in urban Delhi, reported in public hospitals, accounted for 51.4 per cent against 32 per cent at the national level.