Disease Transition and Mortality in Economically Developed State of India: A Socio-Economic and Demographic Analysis

Rajeshwari Jaglan, Kurukshetra University

Human health is a multidimensional concept and World Health Organization has considered diseases and their prevalence as a summary measure of health status due of its consistent relationships with future mortality. An objective assessment of disease burden of a region/nation is essential from the perspective of health policy. The basic premise of disease studies (epidemiology) is that mortality and diseases are not randomly distributed across population. Following the incomparable decline of mortality in industrialized countries during late 18thand 19thcentury, Omran has put forward a theory of disease transition which modelled the stages of disease or epidemiologic transition parallel to demographic transition. Epidemiologic transition in health and disease is closely associated with socio-economic transition and changes in lifestyle and modernization. In this context, the present paper examines the health and disease transition in Haryana- an economically progressive state of India. The shift in mortality is based on cause of death statistics, while the disease pattern and its transition has been studied with unit level data of various rounds of NSSO (relating to 6 time periods from 1973-74 to 2018). The socio-economic and demographic analysis is discussed with reference to caste, education, age and occupation characteristics of the households.

Keywords: Longitudinal studies , Spatial Demography, Health and Morbidity, Population Policies

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