The National Health Survey: Some General Findings as to Disease, Accidents, and Impairments in Urban Areas

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Abstract
Summarizes illness data collected in a house-to-house canvass of 700,000 urban families (2,500,000 persons) in 18 States, made from Nov. 1935 to March 1936. 4 1/2% of the persons were disabled on the day of the canvass. The annual frequency of illness disabling for a week or more was 171 cases per 1,000 persons. The number of days of disability per person observed per year was 10. 10% of workers aged 15-64 were reported to be "unemployable" by reason of disability. Data are analyzed by diagnosis, age, income and employment status, of special importance being the relatively high rate of illness in the unemployed and low-income groups. Special sections are devoted to chronic disease, impairments, and accidents.