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Table 1 Demographic profile and TB program performance of Delhi for the years 2001 and 2011

From: Resurrecting social infrastructure as a determinant of urban tuberculosis control in Delhi, India

Delhi demographic profilea,b

Year 2001

Year 2011

Delhi population

13,850,507

16,753,235

Decadal growth rate

47.0%

21.0%

Net migration rate

12.7%

17.5%

Population density (per square km)

9,340

11,297

Sex ratio (Females per 1,000 males)

821

866

Literacy rates (%)

82

86

Per capita income (INR)

38,864

148,608

Urban Delhi profile c

Year 2001

Year 2011

Population living in urban areas

93.0%

97.5%

Population growth rate in urban areas

51.3%

26.6%

Population living in one-room dwelling units

38.1%

32.2%

Average number of household members

4.9

5.2

Slum population residing in urban areas

15.7%

19.6%

Unauthorized settlements (shanty clusters/unauthorized/resettlement colonies)

67.5%

46.0%

TB program performance in Delhi d

Year 2001

Year 2011

Percentage of State Government budget on healthc

7

12

Number of doctors in government hospitals per 10,000 populationc

1.9

3.8

Number of treatment centres (DOT centres)

51

585

Number of private sector engagements

10

231

Number of TB suspects examined

153220*

164392

Number of new TB case notification rates per 100,000 population

229

214

TB death rates (%)

3.1

2.2

Number of lives saved (all types of TB patients)

4775

9076

Lives saved (all types of TB patients) per 100,000 population

35

51

  1. Data Source: aOffice of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. bOffice of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. cUrban Health Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. dRevised National Tuberculosis Control Program Delhi, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (http://www.dotsdelhi.org/program-performance.php) *Data available from the year 2005 onwards in Annual TB Report, 2006 at the website of Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program, Government of India (http://www.tbcindia.nic.in/pdfs/Annual%20Report%20TB%202006.pdf).