New Delhi|HL Correspondent
According to a statistics study report the people of Delhi are healthier as compare to the other states.
As per the data for January-June 2014, 48 out of 1,000 people fell ill in rural areas and 50 in urban areas in Delhi state. This is much lower than the national average of 89 for rural and 118 for urban areas.
If the latest statistics on social consumption on health is anything to go by, people living in the capital are healthier than those residing in other parts of the country.
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 as said by the Deputy Chief Minister, Delhi Manish Sisodiya.
The report brought out by the directorate of economics and statistics of the Delhi government is based on the result of the National Sample Survey 71st round on health and morbidity.
It said that proportion of sick persons was highest among the aged 60-plus followed by persons falling in the 45-59 year age group.
