Assam : Health Policy Note

The population of Assam is 26.64 million (2001), more than 85% of which live in rural areas. The state is one of the poorer states in the country, with an estimated GDP per capita equal to Rs. 12,163, which is less than two thirds of the national average (2001-02). Growth in the 1980-90s has been one of the lowest in the country (just above 1 percent real per capita growth), although the economic situation is reported to have improved in more recent years. The economy is predominantly rural (40 percent of Net State Domestic Product is from agriculture, and 74 percent of the population is engaged in agriculture), and it is heavily dependent on the tea estate sector (800 tea gardens that produce 15% of the world tea). The non-agricultural principal activity is oil and gas extraction and transformation (there are two oil refineries in the North-Eastern part of the state, plus a third one is under construction). Population below poverty line is estimated to be 36 percent, scheduled caste 7.4 percent and scheduled tribe 12.8 percent of the total population.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2004-06
Subjects:	ABORTION, ACCIDENTS, ADULTS, AGED, AMBULATORY CARE, ANEMIA, ANNUAL REPORT, ANTENATAL CARE, ARI, AUXILIARY NURSES, BIRTHS, BLEEDING, BURDEN OF DISEASE, CANCER, CAUSES OF DEATH, CHILD FEEDING, CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD HEALTH INDICATORS, CHILD MORTALITY, CLINICS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY HEALTH, DEATHS, DEBT, DIARRHEA, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES, DISEASE BURDEN, DISEASE PREVENTION, DOCTORS, ENCEPHALITIS, ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE, FAMILY HEALTH, FAMILY HEALTH SURVEYS, FOLIC ACID, GASTROENTERITIS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE FINANCING, HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH DELIVERY, HEALTH EXPENDITURE, HEALTH EXPENDITURES, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH FINANCING, HEALTH GOALS, HEALTH IMPACT, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH INFORMATION, HEALTH INSTITUTIONS, HEALTH MANPOWER, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH PROGRAMS, HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTH PROVIDERS, HEALTH REFORM, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH SURVEYS, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL BEDS, HOSPITALS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, ILLNESSES, IMMUNIZATION, INCOME, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INFLUENZA, INJURY, INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION, INTERVENTION, IRON, LEPROSY, LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALARIA, MALNUTRITION, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MCH, MEDICAL FACILITIES, MEDICINES, MENINGITIS, MORBIDITY, MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATES, MOTHERS, NURSES, NURSING, NURSING HOMES, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OUTPATIENT SERVICES, PARASITIC DISEASES, PARTNERSHIP, PATIENTS, POISONING, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRENATAL CARE, PREVALENCE, PRIMARY CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES, PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC SECTOR, QUALITY OF CARE, RABIES, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RESPIRATORY DISEASES, RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SOCIAL SERVICES, STUNTING, SUICIDE, TETANUS, TOXEMIA, TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS, TRADITIONAL MEDICINE, TREATMENT, TUBERCULOSIS, TYPHOID, UNDER 5 MORTALITY, VACCINATION, VIOLENCE, VIRAL INFECTIONS, VISION, WEIGHT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/5222995/assam-health-policy-note https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15714
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