?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Reviewing+disease+burden+among+rural+Indian+women&rft.creator=Agnihotram+V%2C+Dr.+Ramanakumar&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=The+disease+burden+of+rural+Indian+women+is+reviewed+by+utilizing+the+data+from+the+'Survey+of+Causes+of+Death+(rural)'+annual+reports+of+Registrar+General+of+India+supplemented+with+National+family+health+survey+(NFHS-II).+The+review+indicates+that+bronchitis+and+asthma+are+the+leading+causes+while+prematurity+and+heart+attacks+are+second+and+third+respectively.+Most+of+the+maternal+deaths+are+concentrated+in+the+age+group+20-24+and+bleeding+is+the+main+cause+of+maternal+death.+Tuberculosis+of+the+lungs%2C+malaria+and+burns+are+also+important+causes+of+death+in+the+early+reproductive+ages.+Rate+of+suicide%2C+burn%2C+and+anaemia+diminishes+with+age.+Though+nationwide+health+plans+have+succeeded+in+reducing+the+fatality+of+women's+diseases+to+a+entrain+extent%2C+there+is+however%2C+a+great+need+for+improved+and+effective+area-specific+health+programs+to+achieve+the+desired+goals&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2004-09&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3796%2F1%2F2004-2-1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Agnihotram+V%2C+Dr.+Ramanakumar++(2004)+Reviewing+disease+burden+among+rural+Indian+women.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3796%2F