State/UT-wise Distribution of Medically Certified Deaths by 8 Leading Cause-Groups During 2004

States/Union Territories

Disease of Circulatory System

Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

Injury Poisoning & Certain Other Consequences of External Causes

Symptoms Signs & Abnormal Cinical & Laboratory Findings N.E.C.

Diseases of Respiratory System

Certain Condition Orignating in Perinatal Period

Neoplasms

Diseases of Digestive System

Subtotal (Col.No. 2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)

Others Groups

Total(Col.No.10+11)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Andhra Pradesh

33.5

13.2

9.8

6.9

7

5.4

2.2

4

82.2

17.8

100

A & N Islands

31.6

16

8.8

0

5.5

12.2

4.2

8.1

86.4

13.6

100

Bihar

27.3

14.2

3.4

22.4

4.7

3.5

0.9

4.6

81.0

19.0

100

Chattisgarh

20.4

20.7

8.9

0.5

6.4

8.6

4.1

4.3

73.9

26.1

100

Delhi

21.3

19.7

2.1

34.5

4.9

5.2

2.3

2.2

92.2

7.8

100

Gujarat

15.8

20.5

11.6

14.5

5.9

13.7

1.4

4.7

88.3

11.7

100

Haryana

30.5

12.4

12.9

10.7

10

6.5

2.8

4

89.7

10.3

100

Himachal Pradesh

17.3

19.9

9.2

0.6

18.2

12.3

4.4

7.6

89.6

10.4

100

Karnataka

25.6

12.2

11.5

5.1

5.4

9.5

6.2

6.4

82.0

18.0

100

Kerala

38.7

6

6.7

0

10.4

2.8

18.6

4.1

87.4

12.6

100

Madhya Pradesh

24.9

15.2

8.5

12.4

7.4

13.8

1.1

1.9

85.3

14.7

100

Maharashtra

26.2

16.5

10.4

9.3

11.7

4.9

5.5

4.5

89.0

11.0

100

Manipur

21.4

20.2

6.7

12.6

4.3

2.5

9.2

10.4

87.4

12.6

100

Maghalaya

9.6

29.5

4.3

6.3

11.6

10.9

4.6

8

84.8

15.2

100

Nagaland

13.7

24.5

14.6

1.3

19.7

1.3

0.9

8.6

84.5

15.5

100

Orissa

20.1

21

9.5

7.1

7.1

12.6

2

4.5

84.0

16.0

100

Puducherry

18.3

27.3

5.8

0.7

8.3

14.4

3.7

2.1

80.7

19.3

100

Punjab

17.8

12.4

14

15.4

8

5.6

3.5

5.5

82.1

17.9

100

Rajasthan

23.1

16.1

15.2

8.4

8.8

9.6

2.2

5.1

88.4

11.6

100

Sikkim

22

17.6

4.7

4.2

12.5

3.6

5.5

15.4

85.4

14.6

100

Tamil Nadu

37

7.2

9.5

16.3

7

4.6

4.4

2.4

88.4

11.6

100

Uttarakhand

35.3

8.2

5.8

17.8

2.8

3.4

1.9

6.2

81.5

18.5

100

Uttar Pradesh

18.9

27.6

12.2

4.3

10.8

2.1

1.2

8.1

85.2

14.8

100

West Bangal

28.1

12.8

4.5

2.8

14.8

12.9

3.1

6.6

85.6

14.4

100

All States/Uts (Total)

27.1

14.5

9.7

11.7

8.3

6.9

4.4

4.2

86.8

13.2

100

 

Note: Others include the remaining major cause groups

 

1.      Circulatory system : is an organ system that passes nutrients (such as amino acids, electrolytes and lymph), gases, hormones, blood cells, etc. to and from cells in the body to help fight diseases and help stabilize body temperature and pH to maintain homeostasis

 

2.      Parasitic disease is an infectious disease caused or transmitted by a parasite

 

3.      N.E.C.: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common life threatening surgical and medical emergency affecting the gastrointestinal tract encountered in the neonatal intensive care unit. NEC occurs in 2-5%of all preterm infants although the majority of cases develop in infants less then 36 weeks.

 

4.      Respiratory system: is a group of organs and tissues that help you breathe

 

5.      Perinatal period is immediately before to after birth period.

 

6.      Neoplasms: Any new and abnormal growth. Neoplasms include benign and malignant tumours.

 

Source: Report on Medical Certification of Cause of Death(MCCD)-2004, Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi