India - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 46.71
2010 35.01
2015 28.26
2019 24.17

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 9.27
2010 10.20
2015 9.70
2019 9.90

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 44.02
2010 54.79
2015 62.04
2019 65.93

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in India was 19.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 21.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 18.70 in 2009.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 21.30
2001 21.10
2002 20.90
2003 20.10
2004 18.90
2005 18.90
2006 19.10
2007 19.30
2008 19.10
2009 18.70
2010 19.10
2011 19.50
2012 19.70
2013 19.30
2014 19.00
2015 19.80
2016 19.70
2017 19.30
2018 19.10
2019 19.00

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in India was 24.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 28.80 in 2000, while its lowest value was 24.60 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 28.80
2001 28.50
2002 28.10
2003 27.60
2004 25.90
2005 26.00
2006 26.40
2007 26.90
2008 27.40
2009 27.50
2010 28.00
2011 28.00
2012 27.50
2013 26.00
2014 24.90
2015 25.40
2016 25.40
2017 25.00
2018 24.70
2019 24.60

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in India was 21.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 25.10 in 2000, while its lowest value was 21.90 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 25.10
2001 24.90
2002 24.60
2003 23.90
2004 22.50
2005 22.50
2006 22.80
2007 23.10
2008 23.30
2009 23.20
2010 23.70
2011 23.90
2012 23.70
2013 22.70
2014 22.00
2015 22.60
2016 22.60
2017 22.20
2018 22.00
2019 21.90

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 166.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 202.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 184.30

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in India was 0.300 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.600 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.300 in 2012.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.600
2001 0.600
2002 0.600
2003 0.500
2004 0.500
2005 0.500
2006 0.500
2007 0.500
2008 0.500
2009 0.400
2010 0.400
2011 0.400
2012 0.300
2013 0.300
2014 0.300
2015 0.300
2016 0.300
2017 0.300
2018 0.300
2019 0.300

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in India was 0.200 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.500 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.200 in 2012.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.500
2001 0.500
2002 0.500
2003 0.400
2004 0.400
2005 0.400
2006 0.400
2007 0.400
2008 0.300
2009 0.300
2010 0.300
2011 0.300
2012 0.200
2013 0.200
2014 0.200
2015 0.200
2016 0.200
2017 0.200
2018 0.200
2019 0.200

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in India was 0.300 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.700 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.300 in 2016.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.700
2001 0.700
2002 0.600
2003 0.600
2004 0.600
2005 0.600
2006 0.600
2007 0.600
2008 0.600
2009 0.500
2010 0.500
2011 0.500
2012 0.500
2013 0.400
2014 0.400
2015 0.400
2016 0.300
2017 0.300
2018 0.300
2019 0.300

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in India was 11.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.40 in 2000 and a minimum value of 10.50 in 2017.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 16.40
2001 15.90
2002 15.00
2003 14.00
2004 13.60
2005 13.70
2006 13.50
2007 12.90
2008 12.60
2009 12.40
2010 12.90
2011 12.80
2012 12.20
2013 11.80
2014 11.00
2015 10.80
2016 10.60
2017 10.50
2018 11.00
2019 11.10

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in India was 14.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.60 in 2006 and a minimum value of 13.40 in 2016.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 17.50
2001 17.20
2002 17.10
2003 16.60
2004 16.60
2005 17.10
2006 17.60
2007 17.40
2008 17.30
2009 16.50
2010 16.30
2011 16.30
2012 16.20
2013 15.50
2014 14.40
2015 13.70
2016 13.40
2017 13.40
2018 14.00
2019 14.10

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in India was 12.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 12.00 in 2017.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 17.00
2001 16.60
2002 16.10
2003 15.30
2004 15.20
2005 15.50
2006 15.60
2007 15.30
2008 15.10
2009 14.50
2010 14.60
2011 14.70
2012 14.30
2013 13.70
2014 12.80
2015 12.30
2016 12.10
2017 12.00
2018 12.60
2019 12.70

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in India was 15.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.60 in 2012 and a minimum value of 15.20 in 2017.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 16.90
2001 16.60
2002 16.30
2003 15.80
2004 15.60
2005 15.90
2006 16.30
2007 16.70
2008 17.10
2009 17.00
2010 17.20
2011 17.40
2012 17.60
2013 17.00
2014 16.10
2015 15.60
2016 15.30
2017 15.20
2018 15.50
2019 15.60

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 18.60

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors