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

3% of GDP

Maternal mortality ratio

145 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Infant mortality rate

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

total population: 70.03 years

male: 68.71 years

female: 71.49 years (2021 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.28 children born/woman (2021 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

53.5% (2015/16)

Drinking water source

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

3% (2019)

Physicians density

0.86 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

  Hospital bed density

0.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)

Sanitation facility access

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

0.2% (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

2.3 million (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

69,000 (2017 est.)

Major infectious diseases

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

3.9% (2016)

Source:CIA world fact book

External links

• CDC India travel info

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