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National Health Profile 2018
3.2.5 Number, Share & Rate of Accidental Deaths by Causes Attributable to Nature, Un-natural and
Other Causes of Accidents during 2014 & 2015 (ICD-10 Code -S00-99 &T00-40)
S. No.
Cause
2014
2015
%
Number
% share
(w.r.t. All
India)
Rate
Number
% share
(w.r.t. All
India)
Rate
Variation of
incidence in 2015
over 2014
A. CAUSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO NATURE:
1
Avalanche
23
0.1
0.0
38
0.4
0.0
65.2
2
Exposure to Cold
913
4.5
0.1
1149
10.9
0.1
25.8
3
Cyclone
62
0.3
0.0
15
0.1
0.0
-75.8
4
Tomado
42
0.2
0.0
13
0.1
0.0
-69.0
5
Tsunami
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
6
Starvation Due to Natural Calamity
50
0.2
0.0
30
0.3
0.0
-40.0
7
Earthquake
2
0.0
0.0
92
0.9
0.0
4500.0
8
Epidemic
48
0.2
0.0
218
2.1
0.0
354.2
9
Flood
541
2.7
0.0
846
8.0
0.1
56.4
10 Heat / Sun Stroke
1248
6.2
0.1
1908
18.2
0.2
52.9
11 Landslide
499
2.5
0.0
232
2.2
0.0
-53.5
12 Lightning
2582
12.8
0.2
2641
25.1
0.2
2.3
13 Torrential Rains
156
0.8
0.0
195
1.9
0.0
25.0
14 Forest Fire
11
0.1
0.0
19
0.2
0.0
72.7
15 Other natural causes
14024
69.4
1.1
3114
29.6
0.2
-77.8
16 Total (A)
20201
4.5
1.6
10510
2.5
0.8
-48.0
B. UN-NATURAL CAUSES
1
Air-Crash
15
0.0
0.0
23
0.0
0.0
53.3
2
Ship Accidents
7
0.0
0.0
1
0.0
0.0
-85.7
3
Collapse of Structure
1821
0.6
0.1
1885
0.6
0.1
3.5
4
Drowning
29903
9.4
2.4
29822
8.9
2.4
-0.3
5
Electrocution
9606
3.0
0.8
9986
3.0
0.8
4.0
6
Accidental Explosion
1194
0.4
0.1
831
0.2
0.1
-30.4
7
Falls
15399
4.9
1.2
16759
5.0
1.2
8.8
8
Factory/Machine Accidents
797
0.3
0.1
695
0.2
0.1
-12.8
9
Accidental Fire
19513
6.2
1.6
17700
5.3
1.5
-9.3
10 Fiream
633
0.2
0.1
736
0.2
0.1
16.3
11 Mines or quarry disaster
210
0.1
0.0
118
0.0
0.0
-43.8
12 Traffic Accidents
169107
53.4
13.6
177423
52.8
13.4
4.9
13 Stampede
178
0.1
0.0
480
0.1
0.0
169.7
14 Other Un-natural Causes
55482
17.5
4.5
64427
19.2
4.4
16.1
15 Causes Not Known
12963
4.1
1.0
15165
4.5
1.0
17.0
16 Total (B)
316828
70.1
25.5
336051
81.3
25.2
6.1
C. OTHER CAUSES
1
Sudden Deaths
26526
23.1
2.1
35023
52.4
2.8
32.0
2
Deaths of Women during Pregnancy
1017
0.9
0.1
1040
1.6
0.1
2.3
3
Deaths due to Consumption of lllicit /
Poisonous Liquor
1699
1.5
0.1
1522
2.3
0.1
-10.4
4
Killed by Animals
886
0.8
0.1
951
1.4
0.1
7.3
5
Poisoning
20587
17.9
1.7
26173
39.1
2.1
27.1
6
Suffocation
1255
1.1
0.1
1437
2.1
0.1
14.5
7
Drug Overdose
874
0.8
0.1
750
1.1
0.1
-14.2
8
Causes Not Known@
8588
7.5
0.7
9
Other Than Above Mentioned Causes@ 53296
46.5
4.3
10 Total (C)
114728
25.4
25.4
66896
16.2
5.3
11 Grand Total (A+B+C)
451757
100.0
36.3
413457
100.0
32.8
-8.5
Source:
‘Accidential Deaths and Suicides in India - 2015’ ,National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs
Notes:
@ Discontinued in the year 2015 and made as part of Sl. No. 15 and 14 of Part - B respectively
Rate’ - Refers to No. of deaths per 1,00,000 population