Delhi has higher health insurance population: Study

Delhi has a higher health insurance population (80 per cent) than Mumbai (66 per cent), according to Max Bupa Walk for Health Survey 2013 conducted by Nielsen. There is a higher incidence of preventive health checks among the insured population, the survey by the global information and insights company noted.

The study added in Mumbai, specifically, people suffering from blood pressure (42 per cent) and diabetes (37 per cent) have started walking after their doctors advised them to do so, while in Delhi it was cholesterol (22 per cent) and obesity (26 per cent) that made people take to walking.

In Bangalore, blood pressure was found in 26 per cent people who started walking on doctor’s advice, cholesterol in 29 per cent and obesity in 24 per cent.

People in Delhi, according to the survey, want to continue walking primarily for reducing health problems, being energetic, building stamina and controlling weight. Among those insured, 64 per cent in Delhi, 45 per cent in Mumbai and 57 per cent in Bangalore go for a regular body check-up.

Standalone health insurer Max Bupa has an initiative called Max Bupa Walk for Health to encourage people to walk more and bring about a long-term sustainable behavioural change in their lifestyle.