India's health report card before Covid-19 pandemic: explained in 6 charts

Food poisoning and diarrhea were the main disease outbreaks in India before the Covid-19 pandemic hit. A look at India's health profile in 2019 through six charts

The poorest fifth of India's rural population spent 12 times the poverty line of Rs 972 a month on hospitalisation, out of their pocket in 2019, on average, show data from the recently released National Health Profile. The poorest in urban areas spent, on average, nine times the urban poverty line of Rs 1,407 a month, data show

The National Health Profile is an annual dataset released by the health ministry's Central Bureau of Health Intelligence. In six charts, we look at its highlights:

India had over 480,000 cases of malaria and dengue in 2019

Pneumonia had the highest death