METHODOLOGY
In study 1 the survey was conducted in 2014 by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation, Government of India. With a representative sample of households and randomly selected through a stratified multi-stage survey design which is covering India has conducted Social Consumption: Health Survey interviews. A rural/urban stratification is made within clusters called state-regions, which comprises an endless group of districts within a State or Union territory having similar characteristics.
This cross-sectional survey data were collected from January to June 2014. The 71st round of Morbidity and Healthcare Survey covers a sample of 65,932 households and 335,499 individuals and reported levels of cancer prevalence as well as treatment expenditure across socioeconomic categories.
The socioeconomic gradient in cancer prevalence and its healthcare utilization attentively on public and private hospitals separately concentration index (CI) is performed.[1]
In study 2 the accessible data is used from multiple sources, including 42 population-based cancer registries. The nationwide Sample Registration System of India is used to estimate the incidence of 28 types of cancer in every state of India from 1990 to 2016.
Therefore the deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) caused by them, as a part of GBD 2016. In these death rates for all cancers together and the trends of all types of cancers, highlighting the heterogeneity in the burden of specific types of cancers across the states of India. It also presents the contribution of major risk factors to cancer DALYs in India.[3]