The Education Category under the Social Pillar considers three core indicators and two supporting indicators to calculate the category Index. It primarily looks at available health care infrastructure, response time in case of emergencies and incidence of water borne and vector borne diseases.

A total of 5 parameters have been considered for determining the Health Index. These have been explained below. Kindly click each parameter for detailed description and tentative sources of information.

No. Name Unit Benchmark
4.1 Number of in-patient hospital beds per 10,000 population   Number per 10,000 population 25 beds per 10,000 population
Description:
This denotes the adequacy of inpatient medical infrastructure measured in the form of availability of in-patient beds in hospitals (public and private) in the city. The World Health Organization (WHO) provides the benchmarks for health services as part of its Service Availability and Readiness Assessment initiative (SARA Reference Manual 2015).
Expressed as:
Number of in-patient hospital beds in public and private hospitals
X 10,000 =
Total population of the city
Methodology/ Interpretation and Sources of Data:
  • Data on hospital beds should include both public and private hospitals and should be sourced from the Health Department.
  • Population data can be sourced from the decennial Census of India. Past census figures should be used as base, and annual growth rate should then be used to arrive at current population.
4.2 Healthcare professionals per 10,000 population   Number per 10,000 population 23 beds per 10,000 population
Description:
This denotes the availability of health workers in the city (health worker density) that cater to the health needs of citizens. This includes various qualified human resources for healthcare including doctors, nurses, mid-wives etc. The World Health Organization (WHO) provides the benchmarks for health services as part of its Service Availability and Readiness Assessment initiative (SARA Reference Manual 2015).
Expressed as:
Total number of qualified healthcare professionals
X 10,000 =
Total population of the city
Methodology/ Interpretation and Sources of Data:
  • Qualified healthcare professionals will include Doctors (Allopathic), Doctors (AYUSH), Trained Nurses, Dentists, Pharmacists, and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs).
  • Data can be obtained from the records available with the Health Department.
4.3 Average response time in case of health emergencies   Minutes and seconds 8 minutes
Description:
The average response time taken by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to respond to an initial distress call. Response time is the time elapsed from receiving the initial call to arrival onsite of emergency personnel and equipment. Lower response times indicate better preparedness and response to emergency calls, resulting in effective and timely medical attention.
Expressed as:
Sum of all response times for distress calls received during the year
=
Total number of emergency responses in the same year
Methodology/ Interpretation and Sources of Data:
  • Response time is the time elapsed from receiving the initial call to arrival on-site of emergency personnel and equipment.
  • Data on response times for all emergency responses in one year should be obtained from sample hospitals and leading emergency service providers.
  • Records maintained by government services such as 108/102 National Ambulance Service operated under the National Health Mission can also be used.
  • The final value of the indicator should be calculated as an average of response times across various sample hospitals/ service providers.
4.4 Period prevalence of water borne diseases   Percentage City with the lowest prevalence of water-borne diseases (amongst cities in the same city-size classification as given in the Liveability Standards document) will be treated as a benchmark
Description:
This denotes the prevalence of water borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery etc. in the city during a particular time period. It is an indicator of the quality of water used for drinking, washing, bathing etc. in the city
Expressed as:
Number of cases of persons affected by water borne diseases in a year
X100 =
Total population of the city
Methodology/ Interpretation and Sources of Data:
  • Only instances of water borne diseases like cholera, typhoid, dysentery etc. should be captured. Data can be obtained from the records maintained by the Health Department for the measurement period.
  • Alternatively data available with government hospitals can be used as a basis to estimate the number of cases in the city. Data for remaining hospitals (non-government) can be proportionate to the number of private beds as compared to government hospitals.
  • Population data can be sourced from the decennial Census of India. Past census figures should be used as base, and annual growth rate should then be used to arrive at current population.
4.5 Period prevalence of vector borne diseases   Percentage City with the lowest prevalence of vector borne diseases (amongst cities in the same city-size classification as given in the Liveability Standards document) will be treated as a benchmark
Description:
This denotes the prevalence of vector borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, chikungunya etc. in the city during a particular time period. It is an indicator of the measures taken by city administrations to control the growth of mosquitoes and other organisms that spread such diseases, and the general level of hygiene and sanitation in the city
Expressed as:
Number of cases of persons affected by water borne diseases in a year
X100 =
% Total population of the city
Methodology/ Interpretation and Sources of Data:
  • Only instances of vector borne diseases like malaria, dengue, chikungunya etc. should be captured. Data can be obtained from the records maintained by the Health Department for the measurement period.
  • Alternatively data available with government hospitals can be used as a basis to estimate the number of cases in the city. Data for remaining hospitals (non-government) can be proportionate to the number of private beds as compared to government hospitals.
  • Population data can be sourced from the decennial Census of India. Past census figures should be used as base, and annual growth rate should then be used to arrive at current population.