170 / 354
138
National Health Profile 2018
3.2.3 : Number of Deaths due to Accidents in India for year, 2005-2015
ICD-10 Code -S00-99 &T00-40
S.
No.
Causes
Year
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
1 A. Natural Calamity
22415 21502 25153 23993 22255 25066 23690 22960 22759 20201 10510
2 B. Un-Natural Causes
a. Air-Crash
6
2
11
19
12
23
18
14
45
15
23
b. Collapse of Structures
2718 2399 2623 2833 2847 2682 3161 2682 2832 1821 1885
c. Drowning
23571 25571 27064 27206 25911 2
8001 29708 27558
30041 29903 29822
d. Electrocution
6987 7619 8076 8067 8539 9059 8945 8750 10218 9606 9986
e. Explosions
643 824 669 792 668 493 532 403 449 1194 831
f. Falls
9132 9821 10497 10637 10622 11571 11867 12319 12803 15399 16759
g.Factory/Machine accidents
671 869 836 858 1044 1043 1091
1007 955 797 695
h. Fire
19093 19222 20772 22454 23268 24414 24576 23281 22177 19513 17700
i. Fire Arms
2254 2161 2046 1639 1504 1688 1250 1217 1203 633 736
j. Sudden Deaths
18519 19450 21311 22738 24836 27364 26649 28961 31278 26526 35023
k. Killed by Animals
847 864
1007 827 962 981
1233 959 998 886 951
l. Mines or quarry disaster
456 409 435 371 423 355 385 359 387 210 118
m. Poisoning
20800 23434 25447 24261 26634 28012 29478 30748 29249 20587 26173
n. Stampede
346
18
75 434 110 113 489
70 400 178 480
o. Suffocation
1549 1696 1313 1496 1257 1400 2013 2075 2187 1255 1437
p. Traffic accidents
118265 131652 140560 144587 152689 161736 165072 168301 166506 169107 177423
q. Other Causes
31389 32478 35992 35135 35906
40057 39473 41611
45917 112375 67740
r. Causes Not Known
14514 14713 16907 13962 17534 20591 21254 21707 20113 21551 15165
Total (B)
271760 293202 315641 318316 334766 359583 367194 372022 377758 431556 402947
3 Total (A+B)
294175 314704 340794 342309 357021 384649 390884 394982 400517 451757 413457
Source:
‘Accidential Deaths and Suicides in India - 2015’ data as received from SCRBx/CID; National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB), Ministry
of Home Affairs
Note:
For 2014, ‘Un-Natural Causes’ include the causes other than un-natural accidents as published in Accidental Deaths and Suicides in
India 2014