1Research Scholar, Department of Economics, NSS College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, University of Kerala, India
2Associate Professor, Department of Economics, NSS College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, University of Kerala, India
Online published on 7 February, 2018.
Health is an important aspect of a society, which needs proper care through governmental and non-governmental interventions.
The paper tried to examine the determinants of health status and health care services in Kerala State.
This empirical study is categorised as explanatory and comparative analysis based on national and state level secondary data.
Some of the health indicators like birth rate and child mortality rate in Kerala showing an unfavourable trend, and in many cases, they are getting lower than the national average. The morbidity rate, especially due to non-communicable diseases is high in Kerala when compared to national level. Malnutrition and under nutrition started rising, which shows that 32.7 percent of women aged between 15–49 years old with anemia, 13 percent children under 3 years who have low birth weight (<2.5 kg), 48.5 percent of children between 6–59 months old with anemia, 34.8 percent adolescent girls 15–18 years old with low BMI (<18.5).
Health status, Communicable/Non communicable diseases, Morbidity, Provision of health care, Nutrition
