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  Rural India healthier than urban India

  India | Jul 19, 2015, 08:16 PM IST

  • As much as 86% of the rural population and 82% of the urban population is without health-expenditure support.• The average medical expenditure for treating one ailment without being admitted to hospital was Rs 509

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  Probability of dying pre-maturely has gone up in India: WHO

  India | Jan 20, 2015, 11:21 AM IST

  Geneva: The probability of dying pre- maturely from a non-communicable disease like cancer has gone up in India between 2010-2012 and it has emerged as the leading cause of fatalities globally, a WHO report said