Why do urban people in India succumb to Covid 19 more? Investigating the Role of Lifestyle Disorder Disease

Parantap Basu, Susmita Das (dsusmita521@gmail.com), Arnab Dutta Choudhury (arnabdutta.duttachoudhury@gmail.com) and Ritwik Mazumder (ritwik.mazumder@aus.ac.in)
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Susmita Das: Assam University, Silchar India
Arnab Dutta Choudhury: Assam University, Silchar India
Ritwik Mazumder: Assam University, Silchar India

No 2023_03, Department of Economics Working Papers from Durham University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Using data on weekly COVID infections and fatalities at the district level for 23 states and union territories of India, we investigate the determinants of COVID-19 deaths focusing exclusively on the second wave of infections. We include several macroeconomic and structural indicators for districts namely, per capita district domestic product, the degree of urbanization, population density, percentage of aged population, share of agriculture, poverty, amongst several others. Our findings suggest that fatalities have a clear rural-urban divide. Rural agricultural districts with more poor people have experienced less cases and fatalities. Fatalities are more clustered in prosperous and dense industrial and districts. Regions having higher COVID fatalities also have a higher proportion of ageing population with urban life-style disorder related diseases such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension.

Date: 2023-05
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