Healthcare in India
India has a complex healthcare system with a combination of government sponsored healthcare and private hospitals. However, the government sponsored healthcare is plagued by poor quality and lack of funding in most areas. The private hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes provide the vast majority of care in India.
Health Expenditure[edit]
3% of GDP
Maternal mortality ratio[edit]
145 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate[edit]
total: 39.55 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 39.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 39.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birth[edit]
total population: 70.03 years
male: 68.71 years
female: 71.49 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate[edit]
2.28 children born/woman (2021 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate[edit]
53.5% (2015/16)
Drinking water source[edit]
improved: urban: 96.9% of population
rural: 94.7% of population
total: 95.5% of population
unimproved: urban: 3.1% of population
rural: 5.3% of population
total: 4.5% of population (2020 est.)
Current Health Expenditure[edit]
3% (2019)
Physicians density[edit]
0.86 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
Hospital bed density[edit]
0.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Sanitation facility access[edit]
improved: urban: 98.6% of population
rural: 75.2% of population
total: 83.4% of population
unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population
rural: 24.8% of population
total: 16.6% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate[edit]
0.2% (2017 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS[edit]
2.3 million (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths[edit]
69,000 (2017 est.)
Major infectious diseases[edit]
degree of risk: very high (2020)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria
water contact diseases: leptospirosis
animal contact diseases: rabies
Obesity - adult prevalence rate[edit]
3.9% (2016)
Source:CIA world fact book
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