Apr 21, 2023
According to the NCRB report, heart attacks claimed 28,005 lives in 2019, up by 53% in five years.
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Stroke is the second commonest cause of death in India. About 1,85,000 strokes occur every year in India with nearly one stroke death every 4 minutes.
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In India, 2020 saw the highest incidences of persons dying of respiratory illnesses in a decade, according to the Registrar General of India (RGI) report. Around 1,81,160 deaths occurred due to respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, asthma and bronchitis.
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Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of deaths in children under age 5, and claims approximately 1.1 lakh lives in India every year.
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India, along with 7 other countries, accounts for more than two thirds of the global total of new TB cases in 2020.
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Estimated mortality due to cancer in India has increased to 8,08,558 in 2022, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told the Rajya Sabha in December 2022.
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Annually, 0.15 million people lose their lives due to accidental injuries/road traffic accidents in India. The country accounts for 11 per cent of the accident-related deaths worldwide.
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India saw 450 suicides per day in 2021, mostly labourers, housewives and self-employed, according to NCRB report.
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India has a high infant mortality rate (IMR) -- 28 infant deaths per 1000 live births.
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