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ACCIDENTAL DEATHS& SUICIDES

ININDIA

2008

National Crime Records BureauMinistry of Home Affairs

Government of IndiaEast Block - 7, R.K. Puram

New Delhi - 110 066.

: 26172324, 26177427Fax : 26197984E-Mail : [email protected]

Web Site : http://ncrb.nic.in

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FOREWORD

'Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India' contains comprehensive

information on various aspects of deaths due to accidents and suicides. Present

issue relates to year 2008 and it is the 42nd in the series. The first issue of this

report pertained to the year 1967.

Accidents man-made and natural and suicides are among the two

most important phenomena leading to pre-mature end of precious human lives.

Accidents resulted in a total of 3,14,704, 3,40,794 and 3,42,309 deaths during

2006, 2007 and 2008 respectively, thereby showing an increasing trend. An

increasing trend in the incidence of suicides during the same period is also

discernible with 1,18,112, 1,22,637 and 1,25,017 suicides taking place during

the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 respectively. These trends are a cause of

concern to every class of the society, be it researchers, law enforcement

agencies, social scientists, policy makers or an ordinary citizen because these

deaths are a loss not only for the family members of the deceased but also to the

society at large. Devising effective preventive measures and strategies to combat

these phenomena calls for detailed information. This publication seeks to fulfill

these requirements of policy makers as it contains information on not only the

incidence of accidental deaths and suicides but also many other details. The

publication has been found useful for preparing replies to Parliament Questions

relating to various Ministries, research purposes, media appraisals etc.

Some improvements have been attempted in the maps. With a view to

benefit the stakeholders from all walks of life, this Bureau has, on its own


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initiative, digitized this report pertaining to previous years and made them

available on the website of NCRB.

I am grateful to the heads of Police of all the States, UTs and Mega Cities

for making publication of this report possible by their cooperation in providing the

data to us. We have been striving to reduce the time-lag in publishing this report

as much as possible but it can be done only with the cooperation of States/UTs. I

will take this opportunity to request the Police authorities of States/UTs to provide

us the complete and consistent data by the month of February so that the report

may be published by April every year.

I hope this issue will meet the requirements of various stakeholders. I also

take this opportunity to record my appreciation of the sincere efforts of the

officers and staff of the Statistical Branch of the NCRB who have toiled hard to

bring out this report.

I would appreciate if the readers could kindly send their suggestions to us

in the feedback form attached at the end of this report to further improve the

content and quality of the publication.

(Rajiv Mathur)

December, 2009New Delhi


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DISCLAIMER

The information given in this report has been obtained through

State/U.T Police. All precautions have been taken to ensure that the

data is statistically consistent. NCRB has only compiled and collated the

data and presented it in the form of this report. NCRB shall not be

responsible for authenticity of this information. However, any

discrepancy observed in this report may be brought to the notice of the

Bureau.

LIMITATION

The actual census population of mega cities for the year 2001 has

been used for calculating crime rates like previous few years in the

absence of current mid-year population estimates of these cities.


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Guidance

Shri Rajiv Mathur, IPS Director General

Editorial Board

Shri Nasir Kamal, IPS Joint Director

Shri Alok Kumar Verma, ISS Chief Statistical Officer

Shri M.P. Sharma Junior Staff Officer

Technical Personnel Cover Page

Shri P. Suresh Kumar, DPA-A Shri Suresh Bohra, DPA-A

Shri Sunil Balmiki, DEO-A

Maps & Graphics

Shri P. Suresh Kumar, DPA-A

Shri C. Sivakumar, DPA-A

Front Cover Page Photos Source: Internet

Front cover inside, Back cover and Back cover inside: Winners ofpainting competition organised by National Crime Records Bureauon the occasion of National Communal Harmony week.


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T I T L EPAGENO.

Contents i

Table Contents iiGlossary v

Snapshots vi

'Accident & Suicide Clock x

Maps xi

Excerpts xix

Rate of Accidental Deaths & Suicides and Population Growth during 1967 to 2008 xx

Part I (Accidental Deaths in India)

Incidence and Rate of Accidental Deaths during the decade (1998 to 2008)(All-India)

1

Incidence and Rate of Accidental Deaths in States, UTs & Cities 3

Causes of Accidental Deaths 5

Traffic Accidents 10

Road Accident Deaths 10

Traffic Accidents by Time of Occurrence 14

Accidental Deaths in Cities 15

Part - II (Suicides in India)

Incidence and Rate of Suicides during the decade (1998-2008) (All-India) 169

Incidence and Percentage Share of Suicides 171

Family Suicides 173

Rate of Suicides 173

Causes of Suicides 176

Suicide Victims by Age group & Sex 178

Suicide Victims - Profession wise 182

Suicide Victims - Social Status wise 182

Suicide Victims - Education Status wise 182

Means Adopted for committing Suicides 184

Suicides in Cities 188

CONTENTS


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Chapter &Table No.

TITLE PAGE NO.

PART I (ACCIDENTAL DEATHS IN INDIA)

1.1 Incidence and Rate of Accidental Deaths during 1998 to 2008(All-India)

18

1.2Incidence and Rate of Accidental Deaths during 2008(State, UT & City-wise)

19

1.3Comparative statement of incidence of Accidental Deaths during 2007 & 2008(State, UT & City-wise)

21

1.4Distribution of Total Accidental Deaths (Causes Attributable to Nature and Un-Natural Causes)by Sex & Age-group during 2008 (State, UT & City-wise)

23

1.5Distribution of Accidental Deaths by Causes Attributable to Nature and age-group-wise(All-India)

27

1.6Number of Accidents by Un-Natural Causes and Persons Killed and Injuredduring 2008 (Cause-wise)

29

1.7Age and Sex-wise Distribution of Accidental Deaths by Un-Natural Causes(All-India)

30

1.8 Incidence of Road Accidental Deaths by type of vehicles(State, UT & City-wise)

32

1.9Incidence of Traffic Accidents during various quarters of the year(State, UT & City-wise)

38

1.10Distribution of Accidental Deaths by Causes Attributable to Nature & Sex(State, UT & City-wise)

46

1.11Number of Persons injured & Killed by Un-natural Causes(State, UT & City-wise)

60

1.12Number of Traffic Accidents by months of Occurrence(State, UT & City-wise)

152

1.13Number of Traffic Accidents by Time of Occurrence(State, UT & City-wise)

160

TABLE CONTENTS


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Chapter &Table No.

T I T L EPAGENO.

PART II (SUICIDES IN INDIA)

2.1 Incidence and Rate of Suicides during the decade (1998 to 2008)(All-India)

190

2.2Incidence and Rate of Suicides during 2008(State, UT & City-wise)

191

2.3Incidence of Suicides during 2007 and 2008(State, UT & City-wise)

193

2.4Classification of Incidence of Suicides by causes 2008(All-India)

195

2.5Distribution of Suicidal deaths By Sex & Age Group 2008(State, UT & City-wise) 196

2.6Profile of Suicide Victims by profession 2008(All India)

200

2.7 Profile of Suicide Victims by Social Status 2008 203

2.8Status of Suicide Victims Education wise 2008(All-India)

204

2.9 Classification of Incidence of Suicides by Means Adopted 2008 205

2.10Distribution of Suicides By Causes 2008(State, UT & City-wise)

206

2.11Profile of Suicide Victims By Profession 2008(State, UT & Citywise)

234

2.12Distribution of Suicide Victims by Social Status 2008(State , UT & City-wise)

248

2.13Classification of Suicide Victims by Educational standard 2008

(State , UT & City-wise)

254

2.14Distribution of Suicides By Means adopted 2008(State, UT & Citywise)

264

3 Subject Index 283


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SL. NO. YEAR OF THE REPORT PUBLISHED IN

(1) (2) (3)

1. 1967 1969

2. 1968 1971

3. 1969 1971

4. 1970 19725. 1971 1974

6. 1972 1975

7. 1973 1976

8. 1974 1977

9. 1975 1978

10. 1976 APRIL 1979

11. 1977 NOVEMBER 1979

12. 1978 MARCH 1981

13. 1979 APRIL 1983

14. 1980 NOVEMBER 1983

15. 1981 JULY 1984

16. 1982 MAY 1985

17. 1983 APRIL 1986

18. 1984 MARCH 1988

19. 1985 APRIL 1989

20. 1986 OCTOBER 1989

21. 1987 JANUARY 1991

22. 1988 JUNE 1991

23. 1989 APRIL 1992

24. 1990 NOVEMBER 1992

25. 1991 OCTOBER 1993

26. 1992 MAY 1994

27. 1993 NOVEMBER 1994

28. 1994 SEPTEMBER 1995

29. 1995 JUNE 1997

30. 1996 JULY 1998

31. 1997 APRIL 1999

32. 1998 MAY 2000

33. 1999 FEBRUARY 2001

34. 2000 NOVEMBER 2002

35. 2001 JUNE 2004

36. 2002 DECEMBER 2004

37. 2003 SEPTEMBER 2005

38. 2004 OCTOBER 2006

39. 2005 DECEMBER 2006

40. 2006 NOVEMBER 2007

41. 2007 OCTOBER 2008

42 2008 DECEMBER 2009

MONTH/YEAR OF PUBLICATION OF ACCIDENTAL DEATHS & SUICIDES IN INDIA OVER THE YEAR


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GLOSSARY

Accidental Death:

Death caused by an accident or a natural calamity.

Accidental Death Rate:

Number of Accidental Deaths per one lakh of population during a given period of time.

Suicide:

Deliberate termination of life.The essential ingredients of a suicide are: (i) It should be an un-natural death, (ii) thedesire to die should originate within him/herself, (iii) there should be a reason for endingthe life.

Suicidal death rate:

Number of suicidal deaths per one lakh of population during a given period of time.

Crude Death Rate:

Number of Deaths per one thousand of population during a given period of time.

Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide:

Bringing about a gentle, easy and painless death intentionally.

Offence:

The word offence means Act/Omission made punishable by any law for the time being inforce.

Mega city:

City having population of 10 lakh or more as per census 2001.


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S N A P S H O T S - 2008

ACCIDENTAL DEATHS

Total 3,42,309accidental deaths in the country during the year 2008.

A total of6,32,102cases of Un-Natural Accidents caused 3,18,316deaths and rendered4,98,124people injured during 2008.

Male Female Victim Ratio 77:23.

0.4%increase in Accidental Deaths was reported over the previous year.

4.6%decrease in deaths by causes attributable to nature.

0.8%increase in deaths by un-natural causes.

Maharashtra accounting for9.3% of countrys population has reported almost one sixth(18.3%) of accidental deaths due to unnatural causes. Andhra Pradesh and MadhyaPradesh accounting for 7.2% and 6.0% respectively of the countrys population have

reported9.1%and9.7%respectivelyof such deaths. Males out-numbered females in all kinds of accidental casualties due to unnatural causes

at the National level except Fire Accidents (where 67.2%of those killed were females ascompared to32.8%males).

The major un-natural causes of Accidental Deaths were (i) Road Accidents (37.1%),(ii) Drowning (8.5%), (iii) Railway Accidents and Rail-Road Accidents (8.3%), (iv)Poisoning(7.6%) and (v) Sudden Deaths (7.1%).

A total of4,45,468Traffic Accidents were reported during the year comprising 4,15,855Road Accidents, 2,134 Rail-Road Accidents and 27,479 Other Railway Accidents. It isobserved that the rate of deaths per thousand vehicles has decreased from1.4 in 2004 to1.3in 2008.

Road Accidents in the country have increased by3.2%during 2008 compared to 2007.

21.2%victims of Road Accidents were occupants of Truck/Lorry.

Rate of Accidental Deaths per thousand vehicles was highest in Arunachal Pradesh at 5.7followed by Sikkim at 3.6.

The month-wise distribution of Road Accidents has shown maximum number ofaccidents during April (38,059) and May (37,912) and least in the month of September(32,217).

Maximum Road Accidents (66,811)were reported during 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Maximum Rail-Road Accidents occurred during the months of September (192) and

March(191). The maximum number of Other Railway Accidents were reported during the months of

August (2,444)and October(2,426).

Tamil Nadu has reported maximum number(60,409)Road accidents accounting for14.5%of such accidents in the country. Uttar Pradesh has reported 806 cases (37.8%) of Rail-Road accidents and Maharashtra has reported 8,420 cases (30.6%) of other Railwayaccidents.

The share of accidental deaths due to causes attributable to Nature has decreased from7.4%in 2007 to7.0%in 2008.

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ACCIDENTAL DEATHS

No deaths due to causes attributable to Nature have been reported from Goa,Lakshadweep and Puducherry.

10.6%victims of accidental deaths attributable to nature were due to Lightning.

Only0.3%victims of accidental deaths attributable to nature were due to Epidemic.

Childrens population (up to 14 years age) as per census 2001 was 30.4%of the totalpopulation; accidental deaths of children accounted for6.7%of total such deaths.

Most of the victims of accidents were aged between15to44years. This group of peoplehas accounted for nearly two-third(61.5%)of all persons killed in accidents in the countryduring the year.

D & N Haveli and Puducherry have reported highest rate of accidental deaths, reporting97.0deaths per lakh population each as compared to National average of29.7.

77.7%(241 out of 310) deaths attributable to nature in Chhattisgarh were due to Lightning

and 72.5%(79 out of 109) deaths due to un-natural causes in Sikkim were due to RoadAccidents alone.

Mizoram has reported a major increase of288.7%(71deaths in 2007 to 276deaths in2008) followed by Nagaland (131deaths in 2007 to 230deaths in 2008 i.e. an increase of75.6%) while Lakshadweep has shown a decline of25.0%(4 in 2007to3 in 2008) during2008.

The lowest accidental death rate was reported from Lakshadweep(4.3).

Accidental Death rate was highest in Pune (100.2)among cities.

Allahabad city has reported135.0%increase in accidental deaths (from411in 2007 to

966in 2008).

Delhi city among 35 mega cities has reported the highest number of deaths by causesattributable to Nature(50.9%) followed by Hyderabad(15.9%).

All natural accidental deaths in Lucknow were due to 'Cold and Exposure'.

In Lucknow and Agra 89.1%and 75.6%respectively of total un-natural accidental deathswere due to 'Road Accidents' alone.

Delhi city accounted for29.0%deaths of pedestrians while Lucknow city reported 13.5%deaths of bicycle riders in 35 mega cities.

Kolkata, the second largest city in terms of population(12.3%of the population of all megacities) among 35 cities after Mumbai (15.2%), reported accidental death rate of 6.6 as

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SUICIDES

14Suicides took place every hour.

More than one lakh persons (1,25,017) in the country lost their lives by committingsuicide during the year 2008.

It is observed that social and economic causes have led most of the males to commitsuicides whereas emotional and personal causes have mainly driven females to endtheir lives.

Suicides because of Family Problems (23.8%) and Illness (21.9%) combinedaccounted for45.7%of total Suicides.

The number of suicides due to 'Illegitimate Pregnancy' and 'Ideological Causes/HeroWorshipping' showed a significant increase of50.6%and50.2%respectively.

1each in every 3suicide victims was a youth (15-29 years) and middle aged (30-44

years)

The overall male:female ratio of suicide victims for the year 2008 was 64:36, however,the proportion of Boys : Girls suicide victims (upto 14 years of age) was 49:51.

Nearly 46.1%of the suicide victims were married males while 24.2% were marriedfemales.

Five States Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradeshaccounted for64.6%of suicide victims in the age group 60 years and above.

70.3%of the suicide victims were married while 22.1%were un-married.

25.3%of the suicide victims were primary educated and 23.7%were middle educated.

1suicide for every5suicide is committed by a Housewife. 39.8%of suicide victims were self employed while only 7.2% were un-employed and

12.5%were salaried.

Government servants were merely 1.7%of the total suicide victims.

West Bengal (11.9%), Tamil Nadu (11.5%), Andhra Pradesh (11.5%), Maharashtra(11.5%) and Karnataka(9.8%) contributed56.2%of total suicide victims.

West Bengal has reported the highest number (accounting for13.3%) of suicidal deathsduring the year 2006, but its share went down to 12.1%in 2007 and went up to 11.9%oftotal suicides in 2008.

Southern States viz. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have

accounted for39.7%of total suicides reported in the country. Sikkim has reported 48.2suicidal deaths per one lakh of population as against the

National average of10.8.

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SUICIDES

About half (52.0%) children suicide victims belonged to five states West Bengal,Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh out of 2,381 suicide victims.

Sikkim reported the highest rate of suicide (48.2) followed by Puducherry (46.9), A & N

Islands(34.5), Kerala (25.0) and D & N Haveli (22.6).

Sikkim has reported significant increase in Suicides in 2008 over 2007 (an increase of135.2%) followed by Nagaland(75.0%).

The highest number of Mass/Family Suicides cases were reported from Bihar (102)followed by Rajasthan(86) and Andhra Pradesh(40) out of290cases.

34.8%of the suicide victims consumed poison; 32.2%of the victims died by hanging,8.8%by Fire/Self-Immolation and 6.7%by Drowning. The trend of Suicide by Hanginghas been mixed during last 3 years (32.8%in 2006, 31.7%in 2007 & 32.2%in 2008)while Suicide by Poisoning has shown static trend in 2007 and 2008 (35.5%in 2006,

34.8%in 2007 and34.8%in 2008). Bengaluru (2,396), Chennai (1,309), Mumbai (1,111) and Delhi (1,107) the four cities

together have reported45.3%of the total suicides reported from 35 mega cities.

Bengaluru city has reported the highest rate of42.1and Kolkata reported the lowest rateat 1.4only among 35 cities.

The pattern of suicides reported from 35 cities showed that Hanging (45.7%),Poisoning (21.3%) and Fire/Self Immolation (13.2%) were the prominent meansadopted by the suicide victims in the cities.

There is significant increase in number of suicides (69.2%) in Amritsar (from26 in 2007

to 44 in 2008) while Chennai showed sharp decline of43.4% (from 2,313 suicides in2007 to1,309suicides in 2008).

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NOTE : Figures have been rounded off.

(x)

324 Deaths per day and1285 injuries per day dueto Road Accidents

74 Deaths per day due toDrowning

22 Deaths per day due toElectrocution

29 Deaths per day due to

Falls

20 Male and 41 Femaledeaths per day due to

Fire

4 Deaths per day due toFire Arms

62 Sudden deaths per daydue to Heart Attack,Epileptic Fits/Giddiness,

etc.

66 Deaths per day due toPoisoning

69 Deaths per day by Truck/Lorry and 64 deaths byTwo-wheeler

396 Deaths and 1297injuries per day due to

Traffic Accidents

72 Deaths and 12 injuriesper day due to Rail -

Road and other RailwayAccidents

7 Deaths per day dueto Lightning.

328 Deaths due to accidentsper day in the age group0-29 years

312 Deaths due to accidentsper day in the age group

30-44 years

298 Deaths due to accidentsper day in the age group45 years & above

872 Deaths per day due toUnnatural causes

1280 Deaths per day due toAccidents & Suicides

938 Deaths per day due toAccidents

342 Suicides per day

66 Deaths per day due tocauses Attributable to

Nature like Lightning,Landslide etc.

8 Suicides per day due toPoverty

75 Suicides per day due toIllness

8 Suicides per day eachdue to Dowry Disputeand Bankruptcy

82 Suicides per day due toFamily problems

10 Suicides per day due toLove Affairs

6 Suicides per day due toFailure in Examination

129 Suicides per day in theage group 0-29 years

119 Suicides per day in theage group 30-44 years

94 Suicides per day in theage group 45 years &above

122 Suicides by Female perday out of which 67 wereHouse-wives

221 Suicides by Maleper day

6 Suicides per day due toUnemployment


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DEATHS DUE TO ACCIDENTS - 2008

Accidental Deaths

upto 200

200 to 1000

1000 to 5000

5000 to 15000

above 15000

Uttarakhand

2159

Maharashtra

58755

Karnataka

22405

Lakshadweep

3

Goa

1204

Kerala

9878

Tamil Nadu

24376

Puducherry

1048

Andhra Pradesh

30385

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

257

Rajasthan20990

Gujarat

22024

Daman & Diu

107

Jammu & Kashmir1722

Uttar Pradesh

28611

Madhya Pradesh

31469

Haryana

10181

Punjab

7638

Delhi7822

Himachal Pradesh

2724

Chandigarh

376

Jharkhand

4536

Orissa

9929

Chhattisgarh

13024

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

190

Meghalaya

386

Bihar9160

Assam

4079

Sikkim

116

Manipur

263Tripura

599 Mizoram

276

Arunachal Pradesh449

Nagaland

230

West Bengal

14938


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RATE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATHS - 2008

Accidental RateAll India Average 29.7

upto 10

10 to 20

20 to 30

30 to 50

above 50

Uttarakhand

22.6

Maharashtra54.7

Karnataka

38.9

Lakshadweep

4.3

Goa

73.2

Kerala

28.8

Tamil Nadu

36.6

Puducherry

97

Andhra Pradesh

36.8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli97

Rajasthan32.3

Gujarat

38.9

Daman & Diu

56.6

Jammu & Kashmir13.8

Uttar Pradesh

14.9

Madhya Pradesh

45.2

Haryana

42.6

Punjab

28.6

Delhi45.3

Himachal Pradesh

41.5

Chandigarh

35.1

Jharkhand

15

Orissa

24.8

Chhattisgarh

54.8


45.8

Meghalaya

15.2

Bihar9.7

Assam

13.6

Sikkim

19.5

Manipur

10

Tripura

17

Mizoram28

Arunachal Pradesh

37.3

Nagaland

10.5

West Bengal

16.9

Note:

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DEATHS DUE TO ACCIDENTS - 2008(CAUSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO NATURE)

Accidental Deaths

u to 10

10 to 200

200 to 500

500 to 1000

above 1000

Uttarakhand

150

Maharashtra497

Karnataka

2276

Lakshadweep

0

Goa

0

Kerala

45

Tamil Nadu

710

Puducherry

0

Andhra Pradesh

1474


49

Rajasthan2245

Gujarat

1693

Daman & Diu

16

Jammu & Kashmir307

Uttar Pradesh

2822

Madhya Pradesh

733

Haryana

434

Punjab

912

Delhi1671

Himachal Pradesh

530

Chandigarh

1

Jharkhand

927

Orissa

1216

Chhattisgarh310


4

Meghalaya

35

Bihar1801

Assam

217

Sikkim

7

Manipur

4

Tripura

124

Mizoram96

Arunachal Pradesh

158

Nagaland

38

West Bengal

2491


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RATE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATHS - 2008(CAUSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO NATURE)


upto 1.0

1.0 to 1.5

1.5 to 2.0

2.0 to 5.0above 5.0

Uttarakhand

1.7

Maharashtra0.5

Karnataka

4.2

Lakshadweep

0

Goa

0

Kerala

0.1

Tamil Nadu

1.1

Puducherry

0

Andhra Pradesh

1.9

Dadra & Nagar Haveli21

Rajasthan3.8

Gujarat

3.2

Daman & Diu

9.5

Jammu & Kashmir2.9

Uttar Pradesh

1.6

Madhya Pradesh

1.2

Haryana

2

Punjab

3.6

Delhi

11.3

Himachal Pradesh

8.5

Chandigarh

0.1

Jharkhand

3.3

Orissa

3.2

Chhattisgarh

1.4


1.1

Meghalaya

1.5

Bihar2.1

Assam

0.8

Sikkim

1.2

Manipur

0.2

Tripura

3.8 Mizoram

10.4

Arunachal Pradesh

14

Nagaland

1.8

West Bengal

3

Note:



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DEATHS DUE TO ACCIDENTS - 2008(UN-NATURAL CAUSES)

Accidental Deaths

upto 200

200 to 1000

1000 to 5000

5000 to 15000

above 15000

Uttarakhand

2009

Maharashtra

58258

Karnataka

20129

Lakshadweep

3

Goa

1204

Kerala

9833

Tamil Nadu

23666

Puducherry

1048

Andhra Pradesh

28911


208

Rajasthan18745

Gujarat

20331

Daman & Diu

91

Jammu & Kashmir

1415

Uttar Pradesh

25789

Madhya Pradesh

30736

Haryana

9747

Punjab

6726

Delhi6151

Himachal Pradesh

2194

Chandigarh

375

Jharkhand

3609

Orissa

8713

Chhattisgarh

12714


186

Meghalaya

351

Bihar7359

Assam

3862

Sikkim

109

Manipur

259Tripura

475 Mizoram

180

Arunachal Pradesh

291

Nagaland

192

West Bengal

12447


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RATE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATHS - 2008(UN-NATURAL CAUSES)


upto 10

10 to 25

25 to 30

30 to 50

above 50

Uttarakhand

23.2

Maharashtra

59

Karnataka

37.5

Lakshadweep

4.8

Goa

86.7

Kerala

30.5

Tamil Nadu

37.6

Puducherry

106

Andhra Pradesh

37.6

Dadra & Nagar Haveli91.2

Rajasthan32.2

Gujarat

39.3

Daman & Diu

55.5

Jammu & Kashmir

13.6

Uttar Pradesh

15.1

Madhya Pradesh

49.5

Haryana

45

Punjab

27.2

Delhi

42.8

Himachal Pradesh

35.5

Chandigarh

40.2

Jharkhand

13.1

Orissa

23.3

Chhattisgarh

59.7


51

Meghalaya

14.9

Bihar8.6

Assam

14.2

Sikkim

19.7

Manipur

10.6

Tripura

14.6 Mizoram

19.8

Arunachal Pradesh

26.1

Nagaland

9.4

West Bengal

15.2

Note:



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INCIDENCE OF SUICIDES - 2008

Incidence of Suicides

upto 50

50 to 300

300 to 2000

2000 to 10000

above 10000

Uttarakhand

191

Maharashtra

14374

Karnataka

12222

Lakshadweep

0

Goa

287

Kerala

8569

Tamil Nadu

14425

Puducherry

507

Andhra Pradesh

14354


60

Rajasthan5166

Gujarat

6165

Daman & Diu

19

Jammu & Kashmir

310

Uttar Pradesh

4088

Madhya Pradesh

7629

Haryana

2656

Punjab

869

Delhi1303

Himachal Pradesh

630

Chandigarh

83

Jharkhand

911

Orissa

4904

Chhattisgarh

4945


143

Meghalaya

85

Bihar1015

Assam

2989

Sikkim

287

Manipur

34Tripura

752 Mizoram

41

Arunachal Pradesh

110

Nagaland

42

West Bengal

14852


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SUICIDE RATE - 2008

Suicide RateAll India Average 10.8

upto 2

2 to 5

5 to 10

10 to 20above 20

Uttarakhand

2

Maharashtra

13.4

Karnataka

21.2

Lakshadweep

0

Goa

17.5

Kerala

25

Tamil Nadu

21.7

Puducherry

46.9

Andhra Pradesh

17.4


22.6

Rajasthan7.9

Gujarat

10.9

Daman & Diu

10.1

Jammu & Kashmir2.5

Uttar Pradesh

2.1

Madhya Pradesh

10.9

Haryana

11.1

Punjab

3.3

Delhi

7.6

Himachal Pradesh

9.6

Chandigarh

7.7

Jharkhand

3

Orissa

12.2

Chhattisgarh

20.8


34.5

Meghalaya

3.3

Bihar1.1

Assam

9.9

Sikkim48.2

Manipur

1.3Tripura

21.3

Mizoram

4.2

Arunachal Pradesh

9.1

Nagaland

1.9

West Bengal

16.8

Note:

Suicide Rate means No. of Suicides per One Lakhpopulation.


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Accidental Deaths SuicidesSl.No.

YearMale Female Total Male Female Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

1. 1967 79131 47631 126762 22637 16192 38829

2. 1968 79159 47073 126232 24464 16224 40688

3. 1969 82105 48650 130755 25947 17686 43633

4. 1970 89210 50542 139752 28846 19582 48428

5. 1971 68344 37257 105601 26326 17349 43675

6. 1972 69838 36346 106184 26923 16678 43601

7. 1973 69613 36741 130654 25231 15576 40807

8. 1974 73580 37044 110624 27791 18217 46008

9. 1975 74987 38029 113016 26074 16816 42890

10. 1976 73098 38513 111611 24042 17373 41415

11. 1977 76013 41325 117338 23453 16265 39718

12. 1978 78352 40242 118594 24137 16070 40207

13. 1979 72448 36539 108987 22980 15237 38217

14. 1980 76293 40619 116912 24188 17475 41663

15. 1981 82328 39893 122221 23864 16381 40245

16. 1982 82977 43016 125993 26520 18212 44732

17. 1983 85577 42999 128576 27260 19319 46579

18. 1984 90636 43992 134628 29296 21275 50571

19. 1985 93568 46089 139657 30460 22351 52811

20. 1986 98480 48543 147023 31271 23086 54357

21. 1987 103727 48587 152314 34292 24276 58568

22. 1988 110235 53287 163522 37755 26515 64270

23. 1989 114953 54113 169066 40212 28532 68744

24. 1990 117932 56469 174401 43451 30460 73911

25. 1991 129142 58861 188003 46324 32126 78450

26. 1992 133977 60933 194910 47481 32668 80149

27. 1993 130499 61858 192357 49851 34393 84244

28. 1994 132241 58194 190435 52752 36443 89195

29. 1995 157219 65268 222487 52357 36821 89178

30. 1996 156106 63988 220094 51206 37035 88241

31. 1997 164876 69027 233903 56281 39548 95829

32. 1998 185520 72889 258409 61686 43027 104713

33. 1999 193652 78266 271918 65488 45099 110587

34. 2000 186324 69559 255883 66032 42561 108593

35. 2001 196129 74890 271019 66314 42192 108506

36. 2002 194850 65272 260122 69332 41085 110417

37. 2003 197285 62340 259625 70221 40630 110851

38. 2004 210190 67073 277263 72651 41046 113697

39. 2005 224806 69369 294175 72916 40998 113914

40. 2006 241210 73494 314704 75702 42410 118112

41. 2007 262918 77876 340794 79295 43342 122637

42. 2008 263809 78500 342309 80544 44473 125017

Number of Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India During 1967 to 2008


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Rate of Accidental Deaths & Suicides and Population Growth During 1967 to 2008 Accidental Deaths SuicidesSl.

No.Year

Population(in Lakh) Incidence Rate Incidence Rate

PercentagePopulation

growth

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

1. 1967 4999 126762 25.4 38829 7.8 2.2

2. 1968 5111 126232 24.7 40688 8.0 2.2

3. 1969 5225 130755 25.0 43633 8.4 2.2

4. 1970 5343 139752 26.2 48428 9.1 2.3

5. 1971 5512 105601 19.2 43675 7.9 3.2

6. 1972 5635 106184 18.8 43601 7.7 2.2

7. 1973 5759 130654 22.7 40807 7.1 2.2

8. 1974 5883 110624 18.8 46008 7.8 2.2

9. 1975 6008 113016 18.8 42890 7.1 2.1

10. 1976 6136 111611 18.2 41415 6.7 2.1

11. 1977 6258 117338 18.8 39718 6.3 2.0

12. 1978 6384 118594 18.6 40207 6.3 2.0

13. 1979 6510 108987 16.7 38217 5.9 2.0

14. 1980 6636 116912 17.6 41663 6.3 1.9

15. 1981 6840 122221 17.9 40245 5.9 3.1

16. 1982 7052 125993 17.9 44732 6.3 3.1

17. 1983 7204 128576 17.8 46579 6.5 2.2

18. 1984 7356 134628 18.3 50571 6.9 2.1

19. 1985 7509 139657 18.6 52811 7.0 2.1

20. 1986 7661 147023 19.2 54357 7.1 2.0

21. 1987 7814 152314 19.5 58568 7.5 2.0

22. 1988 7966 163522 20.5 64270 8.1 1.9

23. 1989 8118 169066 20.8 68744 8.5 1.9

24. 1990 8270 174401 21.1 73911 8.9 1.9

25. 1991 8496 188003 22.1 78450 9.2 2.7

26. 1992 8677 194910 22.5 80149 9.2 2.1

27. 1993 8838 192357 21.8 84244 9.5 1.9

28. 1994 8997 190435 21.2 89195 9.9 1.8

29. 1995 9160 222487 24.3 89178 9.7 1.8

30. 1996 9319 220094 23.6 88241 9.5 1.7

31. 1997 9552 233903 24.5 95829 10.0 2.5

32. 1998 9709 258409 26.6 104713 10.8 1.6

33. 1999 9866 271918 27.6 110587 11.2 1.6

34. 2000 10021 255883 25.5 108593 10.8 1.6

35. 2001 10270 271019 26.4 108506 10.6 2.5

36. 2002 10506 260122 24.8 110417 10.5 2.3

37. 2003 10682 259625 24.3 110851 10.4 1.7

38. 2004 10856 277263 25.5 113697 10.5 1.6

39. 2005 11028 294175 26.7 113914 10.3 1.6

40. 2006 11198 314704 28.1 118112 10.5 1.5

41. 2007 11366 340794 30.0 122637 10.8 1.5

42. 2008 11531 342309 29.7 125017 10.8 1.4


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CHAPTER 1

ACCIDENTAL DEATHS IN INDIA

Incidence and Rate of Accidental Deathsduring the Decade (1998-2008)

The incidence of accidental deaths has showna mixed trend during the decade 1998-2008with an increase of 32.5% in the year 2008 ascompared to 1998. The population growthduring the corresponding period was 18.8%whereas the increase in the rate of accidentaldeaths during the same period was 11.6%.The percentage change of accidental deaths

is presented in Table-1.1.

A total of 3,42,309 accidental deaths werereported in the country during 2008 (1,515more than such deaths reported in 2007)showing an increase of 0.4% as compared toprevious year. Correspondingly, 1.4%increase in the population and 1.0% decreasein the rate of Accidental Deaths were reportedduring this year as compared to previousyear. [Table-1(A)]

Table 1 (A)

Percentage change in Population, Incidence and Rate of AccidentalDeaths over the corresponding previous year during 2004 to 2008

YearPercentage Change in

Population over thePrevious Year

Percentage Change inAccidental Deaths over

the Previous Year

Percentage Change inRate of Accidental

Deaths over the previous

Year

(1) (2) (3) (4)

2004 1.6 6.8 4.9

2005 1.6 6.1 4.7

2006 1.5 7.0 5.2

2007 1.5 8.3 6.8

2008 1.4 0.4 -1.0


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Figure 1.1

Percentage Change in Population, Incidence and Rate of Accidental Deaths

during 2004-2008 (Over Corresponding Previous Year)

1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4

6.8

6.1

8.3

4.94.7

5.2

6.8

-1.0

0.4

7.0

-2.0

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Year

Population Incidence Rate

3,18,316 (93.0%) deaths were due to un-natural causes and the rest 7.0% deaths(23,993) were due to causes attributable tonature, out of total 3,42,309 accidental deathsduring the year 2008.There was a decline of

4.6% in deaths due to causes attributable tonature and an increase of 0.8% in deaths dueto un-natural causes as compared to 2007,resulting in an overall increase of accidentaldeaths by 0.4%. [Table-1(B)]

Table 1 (B)

Incidence of Accidental Deaths by Natural & Un-Natural Causes (2004 to 2008)

Causes Attributable to Nature Un-Natural Causes Total Accidental Deaths

Year

Incidence

% change

over previousyear Incidence

% changeover

previousyear

Incidence

% changeover

previousyear

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

2004 18,937 26.6 2,58,326 5.6 2,77,263 6.8

2005 22,415 18.4 2,71,760 5.2 2,94,175 6.1

2006 21,502 -4.1 2,93,202 7.9 3,14,704 7.0

2007 25,153 17.0 3,15,641 7.7 3,40,794 8.3

2008 23,993 -4.6 3,18,316 0.8 3,42,309 0.4


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Figure 1.2

Incidence of Accidental Deaths By Natural and Un-Natural Causes

(2004-2008)

21502 25153 23993

258326

271760

293202

315641

318316

22415189370

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

350000

400000

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Year

Incidence

CAUSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO NATURE UNNATURAL CAUSES Incidence & Rate of Accidental Deaths in

States, UTs and Cities (Table-1.2)

Maharashtra has reported 58,755 accidentaldeaths out of 3,42,309 such deaths in thecountry during the year and remained at the topwith nearly one fifth (17.2%) of total accidentaldeaths reported in the country. Uttar Pradesh,the most populous State in the country with

population share of16.6%,on the other hand,

has accounted for 8.4% of accidental deathsand stood at 4th position after Maharashtra(17.2%), Madhya Pradesh (9.2%) and AndhraPradesh (8.9%). The States of Tamil Nadu(7.1%), Karnataka (6.5%), Gujarat (6.4%) andRajasthan (6.1%) have also reported significantshares of deaths due to accidents during 2008.

Figure 1.3

Percentage Share of Major States in Accidental Deaths

during 2008

OTHERS

22.0%

CHHATTISGARH

3.8%

WEST BENGAL

4.4%

RAJASTHAN

6.1%

KARNATAKA

6.5% GUJA RA T6.4%

TAMIL NADU7.1%

UTTAR PRADESH

8.4%

MADHYA

PRADESH

9.2%

ANDHRA PRADESH

8.9%

M AHARASHTRA

17.2%


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The highest rate of accidental deaths wasreported from D & N Haveli and Puducherry(97.0 each) against the National average rateof 29.7.

12 States & 6 UTs have constituted high risk

areas reporting higher rates of Accidental

Deaths than the All-India average of 29.7deaths per one lakh of population. Thegrouping of the States/UTs as more accidentprone and less accident prone on the basisof their rates of accidental deaths vis--visthe All-India average rate is presented in

Table1(C).

Table 1 (C)State/UT-wise Rate of Accidental Deaths in Comparison to All India (Rate)

More Accident Prone Less Accident Prone

Sl. No. States / UTsRate

(more than 29.7)Sl. No. States / UTs

Rate(less than 29.7)

1 D & N HAVELI 97.0 1 KERALA 28.82 PUDUCHERRY 97.0 2 PUNJAB 28.63 GOA 73.2 3 MIZORAM 28.04 DAMAN & DIU 56.6 4 ORISSA 24.8

5 CHHATTISGARH 54.8 5 UTTARAKHAND 22.6

6 MAHARASHTRA 54.7 6 SIKKIM 19.57 A & N ISLANDS 45.8 7 TRIPURA 17.08 DELHI (UT) 45.3 8 WEST BENGAL 16.99 MADHYA PRADESH 45.2 9 MEGHALAYA 15.2

10 HARYANA 42.6 10 JHARKHAND 15.011 HIMACHAL PRADESH 41.5 11 UTTAR PRADESH 14.912 GUJARAT 38.9 12 JAMMU & KASHMIR 13.813 KARNATAKA 38.9 13 ASSAM 13.614 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 37.3 14 NAGALAND 10.5

15 ANDHRA PRADESH 36.8 15 MANIPUR 10.016 TAMIL NADU 36.6 16 BIHAR 9.717 CHANDIGARH 35.1 17 LAKSHADWEEP 4.318 RAJASTHAN 32.3

Figure 1.4

Rate of Accidental Deaths in Various States / UTs

13.69.7

13.815.0

28.84.3

10.015.2

28.010.5

24.8

28.6

17.014.9

22.616.9

37.3

45.836.8

35.154.8

97.056.6

45.373.2

38.942.641.5

38.9

45.2

54.7

97.0

32.319.5

36.6

0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0 140.0 160.0 180.0 200.0

A & N ISLANDS

ANDHRA PRADESH

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

ASSAM

BIHAR

CHANDIGARH

CHHATTISGARH

D & N HAVELI

DAMAN & DIU

DELHI (UT)

GOA

GUJARAT

HARYANA

HIMACHAL PRADESH

JAMMU & KASHMIR

JHARKHAND

KARNATAKA

KERALA

LAKSHADWEEP

MADHYA PRADESH

MAHARASHTRA

MANIPUR

MEGHALAYA

MIZORAM

NAGALAND

ORISSA

PUDUCHERRY

PUNJAB

RAJASTHAN

SIKKIM

TAMIL NADU

TRIPURA

UTTAR PRADESH

UTTARAKHAND

WEST BENGAL

States/UTs

RateNational Average 29.7


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The incidence of Accidental Deaths hasincreased by 0.4% at National level during2008 as compared to 2007. Mizoram hasreported a major increase of 288.7% (71deaths in 2007 to 276 deaths in 2008) followedby Nagaland (131 deaths in 2007 to 230 deaths

in 2008 i.e. an increase of 75.6%) whileLakshadweep has shown a decline of 25.0%during 2008 as compared to 2007 (4 in 2007 to3 in 2008). [Table-1.3]

Males, accounting for 77.1% of total victims,were at a greater risk from accidents thanfemales. Though the childrens population (upto 14 years age) as per census 2001 was30.4% of the total population, accidental deathsof children accounted for 6.7% of total suchdeaths.

Most of the victims of accidents were agedbetween 15 to 44 years. This group of peoplehas accounted for nearly two-third (61.5%) ofall persons killed in accidents in country duringthe year. [Table-1.4]

Causes of Accidental Deaths[Table-1(D)]

The percentage of Accidental Deaths due tocauses attributable to nature and those due toUn-Natural Causes were 7.0% and 93.0%respectively. The magnitude of Accidental

Deaths by causes attributable to nature hasdecreased by 4.6% and that of deaths by Un-Natural Causes has increased by 0.8% during2008 over the year 2007.

The share of accidental deaths due to causes

attributable to Nature has decreased from 7.4%in 2007 to 7.0% in 2008.Share of deaths dueto un-natural causes has increased from 92.6%in 2007 to 93.0% in 2008. Under causesattributable to nature, the share of deaths dueto 'Starvation/Thirst' has increased whereas theshare of causes such as 'Flood', 'Heat Stroke','Lightning' and 'Other Natural Causes' hasdecreased as compared to their share in theyear 2007.The share of causes not attributableto nature has increased for causes such as'Road Accidents', 'Fire Accidents' and 'Heart

Attacks' whereas the share of causes such as'Food Poisoning/Accidental Intake ofInsecticide', 'Snake Bite/Animal Bite' and'Epileptic Fits/Giddiness' and 'Fire Arms' hasdecreased as compared to the previous year.[Table-1(D)].

The average rate of Accidental Deaths hasmarginally decreased from 30.0 in 2007 to29.7 in 2008.

Figure 1.5

Percentage Share of Various Causes of Accidental Deaths during

2008 (Natural and Un-Natural Causes)

By Rail-Road &

Other Railway

Accident

7.6%

By Poisoning

7.1%

By Drowning

7.9%By Fire

6.6%

By Natural

Causes

7.0%By Sudden

Deaths

6.5%

By Causes Not

Known

4.1%

By Falls

3.1%

By Electrocution

2.4%

By Other Un-

Natural Causes

13.2%

By Road

Accident

34.5%


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Table1 (D)Incidence, Share & Rate of Accidental Deaths by Causes Attributable to Nature

and Un-Natural Causes during 2007 & 2008

2007 2008

Sl.No.

CauseNo.

% share(w.r.t.

All India)Rate No.

% share(w.r.t.

All India)Rate

% variationof

incidencein 2008

over 2007

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

A. CAUSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO NATURE:

1 Avalanche 33 0.0 0.0 47 0.0 0.0 42.42 Cold and Exposure 802 0.2 0.1 836 0.2 0.1 4.23 Cyclone/Tornado 118 0.0 0.0 99 0.0 0.0 -16.14 Starvation/Thirst 147 0.0 0.0 227 0.1 0.0 54.45 Earthquake 14 0.0 0.0 6 0.0 0.0 -57.16 Epidemic 47 0.0 0.0 73 0.0 0.0 55.37 Flood 1348 0.4 0.1 861 0.3 0.1 -36.18 Heat Stroke 932 0.3 0.1 616 0.2 0.1 -33.99 Landslide 312 0.1 0.0 340 0.1 0.0 9.010 Lightning 2790 0.8 0.2 2553 0.7 0.2 -8.511 Torrential Rains 100 0.0 0.0 148 0.0 0.0 48.012 Other causes attributable to nature 18510 5.4 1.6 18187 5.3 1.6 -1.7

Total (A) 25153 7.4 2.2 23993 7.0 2.1 -4.6B. UN-NATURAL CAUSES

1 Air-Crash 11 0.0 0.0 19 0.0 0.0 72.7

2

Collapse of Structure: 2623 0.8 0.2 2833 0.8 0.2 8.0

(i) House 1011 0.3 0.1 1173 0.3 0.1 16.0 (ii) Building 309 0.1 0.0 249 0.1 0.0 -19.4 (iii)Dam 47 0.0 0.0 66 0.0 0.0 40.4 (iv) Bridge 171 0.1 0.0 93 0.0 0.0 -45.6 (v) Others 1085 0.3 0.1 1252 0.4 0.1 15.4

3 Drowning: 27064 7.9 2.4 27206 7.9 2.4 0.5 (i) Boat Capsize 901 0.3 0.1 979 0.3 0.1 8.7 (ii) Other Cases 26163 7.7 2.3 26227 7.7 2.3 0.24 Electrocution: 8076 2.4 0.7 8067 2.4 0.7 -0.15 Explosion: 669 0.2 0.1 792 0.2 0.1 18.4 (i) Bomb explosion 270 0.1 0.0 490 0.1 0.0 81.5 (ii) Other explosion (Boilers etc.) 399 0.1 0.0 302 0.1 0.0 -24.3

6 Falls: 10497 3.1 0.9 10637 3.1 0.9 1.3 (i) Fall from Height 8662 2.5 0.8 8757 2.6 0.8 1.1 (ii) Fall into Pit/Manhole etc. 1835 0.5 0.2 1880 0.5 0.2 2.57 Factory/Machine Accidents 836 0.2 0.1 858 0.3 0.1 2.68 Fire: 20772 6.1 1.8 22454 6.6 1.9 8.1 (i) Fireworks/Crackers 429 0.1 0.0 342 0.1 0.0 -20.3 (ii) Short-Circuit 1017 0.3 0.1 1098 0.3 0.1 8.0 (iii) Gas Cylinder/Stove Burst 3830 1.1 0.3 3628 1.1 0.3 -5.3 (iv) Other Fire Accidents 15496 4.5 1.4 17386 5.1 1.5 12.29 Fire-Arms 2046 0.6 0.2 1639 0.5 0.1 -19.9

10 Sudden Deaths: 21311 6.3 1.9 22738 6.6 2.0 6.7 (i) Heart Attacks 13184 3.9 1.2 14397 4.2 1.2 9.2 (ii) Epileptic Fits/Giddiness 3271 1.0 0.3 3182 0.9 0.3 -2.7 (iii) Abortions/Child Birth 814 0.2 0.1 851 0.2 0.1 4.5 (iv) Influence of Alcohol 4042 1.2 0.4 4308 1.3 0.4 6.6

11 Killed by animals 1007 0.3 0.1 827 0.2 0.1 -17.912 Mines or quarry disaster 435 0.1 0.0 371 0.1 0.0 -14.713 Poisoning: 25447 7.5 2.2 24261 7.1 2.1 -4.7

(i) Food Poisoning/Accidental Intake ofInsecticide

8425 2.5 0.7 7829 2.3 0.7 -7.1

(ii) Spurious/poisonous liquor 1251 0.4 0.1 1358 0.4 0.1 8.6 (iii) Leakage of poisonous gases Etc. 198 0.1 0.0 247 0.1 0.0 24.7 (iv) Snake Bite/Animal Bite 8026 2.4 0.7 7825 2.3 0.7 -2.5

(v) Other 7547 2.2 0.7 7002 2.0 0.6 -7.2

14 Stampede 75 0.0 0.0 434 0.1 0.0 478.715 Suffocation 1313 0.4 0.1 1496 0.4 0.1 13.916 Traffic Accidents: 140560 41.2 12.4 144587 42.2 12.5 2.9

(i) Road Accidents 114590 33.6 10.1 118239 34.5 10.3 3.2

(ii) Rail-Road Accidents 2369 0.7 0.2 2222 0.6 0.2 -6.2 (iii) Other Railway Accidents 23601 6.9 2.1 24126 7.0 2.1 2.2

17 Other Causes 35992 10.6 3.2 35135 10.3 3.0 -2.418 Causes Not Known 16907 5.0 1.5 13962 4.1 1.2 -17.4

Total (B) 315641 92.6 27.8 318316 93.0 27.6 0.8 Grand Total (A+B) 340794 100.0 30.0 342309 100.0 29.7 0.4


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Causes Attributable to Nature

The age group-wise distribution of accidentaldeaths by causes attributable to nature is givenin Table-1.5. 76.3% victims of causesattributable to nature were males. Age-wise,6.1% of such victims were up to 14 years of

age while 54.9% were in the age-group of 15-44 years. 24.5% such victims were in the age-group 45-59 years. Senior citizens (60 yrs. andabove) constituted 14.5% of the total victims.

11.8% deaths were reported from UttarPradesh followed by West Bengal (10.4%),Karnataka (9.5%) and Rajasthan (9.4%)(Table-1.10). 20.3% deaths in Haryana and17.8% deaths in Punjab were due to 'Cold andExposure' only. 50.0% deaths in Manipur weredue to 'Starvation/thirst'.22.7% deaths in Bihar

followed by 21.7% deaths in Maharashtra werereported due to 'Floods'. 50.0% deaths inManipur, 26.3% deaths in Nagaland and 22.0%deaths in Uttarakhand were due to 'Landslide'alone. 'Lightning' accounted for 77.7% deathsin Chhattisgarh, 75.6% deaths in Kerala, 61.6%deaths in Maharashtra, 53.5% deaths inMadhya Pradesh and 30.3% deaths in Orissa.No deaths due to causes attributable to Naturehave been reported from Goa, Lakshadweepand Puducherry.

Un-natural Causes

It is generally accepted that accidents due toUn-Natural Causes are preventable in natureand can be reduced by effective safetymeasuressafety consciousness, effectivehuman interventions, etc. A total of 6,32,102cases of Un-Natural Accidents caused3,18,316 deaths and rendered 4,98,124people injured during 2008. (Table-1.6)

Maharashtra accounting for 9.3% (one-

eleventh) of countrys population has reportedalmost one sixth (18.3%) of accidental deathsdue to unnatural causes. Madhya Pradesh andAndhra Pradesh accounted for 9.7% and 9.1%deaths respectively during the year. (Table-1.11)

The age-group-wise distribution of AccidentalDeaths in the country by various Un-NaturalCauses along with their share in total deaths is

presented in Table-1.7. The AccidentalDeaths due to Un-Natural Causes were mainlyon account of Road Accidents (37.1%),Railway Accidents and Rail-Road accidents(8.3%), Drowning (8.5%), Poisoning (7.6%),Fire Accidents and 'Sudden Deaths' (7.1%

each).

The number of cases of Un-natural accidents atthe National level has decreased by 0.7% (from6,36,394 in 2007 to 6,32,102 in 2008) ascompared to previous year. The number ofpersons injured has increased by 0.9% (from4,93,515 in 2007 to 4,98,124 in 2008) and thenumber of persons killed in these accidents hasalso increased by 0.8% (from 3,15,641 in 2007to 3,18,316 in 2008). The Accident cases dueto Air Crash have increased by 100% from 6 in

2007 to 12 in 2008 and 'Stampede' casesincreased by 64.1% from 64 in 2007 to 105 in2008, while cases of Killed by animals havedecreased by 20.2% from 1,136 in 2007 to 907in 2008. [Table-1.6]

The proportion of male injured and killed due toun-natural causes in the country was 81.5%and 77.1% respectively of the total such injuriesand deaths (Table-1.11). 94.2% of injuries and37.1% of deaths were due to Road Accidentsonly at the National level. Males out-numbered

females in all kinds of accidental casualtiesexcept Fire Accidents where 67.2% of thosekilled were females as compared to 32.8%males. [Table-1.7]

The cause-wise analysis of un-natural deathsrevealed that 72.5% deaths in Sikkim were dueto Road Accidents, 54.1% deaths inPuducherry were attributed as 'Sudden Deaths',66.7% and 33.3% deaths in Lakshadweep weredue to Fire Accidents and 'Drowning'respectively, 14.0% deaths in A & N Islands

were due to Falls, 17.1% deaths in Keralawere due to Drowning, 15.7% deaths inMeghalaya were due to 'Poisoning' and 11.2%deaths in Manipur were due to 'Explosion'.[Table-1.11]

The details of States and UTs categorized ashigh prone areas (percentage share exceedingthe All-India share) on the basis of thepercentage share of deaths on these countsare presented in Table-1(E).


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Table 1 (E)High Accidental death prone areas on the basis of Percentage share of deaths

due to un-natural causes (Road Accidents and Poisoning) during 2008

HighAccidental death Prone Areas

Road Accident DeathsAll-India Percentage Share = 37.1%

PoisoningAll-India Percentage Share = 7.6%Sl. No.

State/UT %Share

Sl. No.

State/UT %Share

1 SIKKIM 72.5 1 MEGHALAYA 15.7

2 JAMMU & KASHMIR 69.3 2 MADHYA PRADESH 15.2

3 NAGALAND 60.4 3 HIMACHAL PRADESH 13.4

4 TAMIL NADU 54.0 4 PUNJAB 11.5

5 UTTARAKHAND 53.1 5 WEST BENGAL 11.3

6 MANIPUR 51.4 6 CHHATTISGARH 11.0

7 ANDHRA PRADESH 49.0 7 ORISSA 9.9

8 HARYANA 48.0 8 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 9.3

9 BIHAR 47.2 9 KARNATAKA 9.1

10 UTTAR PRADESH 46.8 10 UTTARAKHAND 9.1

11 TRIPURA 46.5 11 RAJASTHAN 9.0

12 RAJASTHAN 44.7 12 A & N ISLANDS 8.1

13 ASSAM 44.6 13 TAMIL NADU 8.0

14 KARNATAKA 43.8 14 GUJARAT 7.7

15 JHARKHAND 43.6

16 MIZORAM 43.3

17ARUNACHALPRADESH

43.0

18 MEGHALAYA 42.5

19 KERALA 40.0

20 CHANDIGARH 38.9

21 WEST BENGAL 38.1


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Table 1 (F)High Accidental death prone areas on the basis of Percentage share of deaths due to unnatural

causes (Drowning, Fire and Sudden Deaths) during 2008

High Accidental deathProne Areas

Deaths due to DrowningAll-India Percentage Share = 8.5%

FireAll-India Percentage Share = 7.1%

Sl. No.

State/UT %Share

Sl. No.

State/UT %Share

1 LAKSHADWEEP 33.3 1 LAKSHADWEEP 66.7

2 KERALA 17.1 2 GUJARAT 13.3

3 GOA 15.0 3 MAHARASHTRA 9.4

4 A & N ISLANDS 14.0 4 MADHYA PRADESH 9.0

5 DAMAN & DIU 13.2 5 TAMIL NADU 8.1

6 MADHYA PRADESH 12.4 6 KARNATAKA 7.9

7 MIZORAM 11.7 7 BIHAR 7.5

8 CHHATTISGARH 11.3Sudden Deaths

All-India Percentage Share = 7.1%

9 KARNATAKA 10.8Sl. No.

State/UT %Share

10 ASSAM 10.2 1 PUDUCHERRY 54.111 D & N HAVELI 10.1 2 KERALA 15.6

12 TRIPURA 10.1 3 TRIPURA 14.5

13 UTTARAKHAND 9.8 4 MAHARASHTRA 14.3

14 GUJARAT 9.6 5 CHANDIGARH 13.9

15 PUDUCHERRY 9.1 6 D & N HAVELI 13.5

16 ANDHRA PRADESH 8.9 7 DAMAN & DIU 12.1

17 JHARKHAND 8.7 8 PUNJAB 11.3

18 MAHARASHTRA 8.7 9 GUJARAT 10.8

10 HIMACHAL PRADESH 10.1

11 A & N ISLANDS 9.1

12 MEGHALAYA 8.0

13 HARYANA 7.6

14 UTTARAKHAND 7.3

Table 1 (G)High Prone areas on the basis of Percentage share of deaths

due to unnatural causes (Rail Road & Railways Accidents) during 2008

HighAccidental death Prone Areas

Rail-Road & Railways Accidental DeathsAll-India Percentage Share = 8.3%

Sl. No.

State/UT %Share

1 WEST BENGAL 20.0

2 BIHAR 16.8

3 DELHI (UT) 15.9

4 UTTAR PRADESH 14.8

5 JHARKHAND 13.4

6 PUNJAB 13.2

7 ASSAM 11.7

8 HARYANA 11.4

9 MAHARASHTRA 8.7


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Traffic Accidents

Traffic Accidents comprising of (i) RoadAccidents (ii) Rail-Road Accidents and (iii)Other Railway Accidents were the majorcontributors of accidental deaths by Un-

natural causes. Road Accidents in thecountry have decreased by 0.7% during 2008compared to 2007 [Table-1.6]. The casualtiesin Road Accidents in the country haveincreased by 3.2% during 2008 as compared to2007. Their proportion in total deaths due toUn-natural causes has increased from 36.3% to37.1% in 2008. The following statistics revealthe growing magnitude of Road AccidentalDeaths. [Table-1(H)] A total of 4,45,468 TrafficAccidents were reported during the yearcomprising of 4,15,855 Road Accidents, 2,134

Rail-Road Accidents and 27,479 OtherRailway Accidents. These accidents caused1,18,239, 2,222 and 24,126 deaths respectivelyduring the year. [Table-1.6]

Road Accident Deaths

The number of vehicles, number of roadaccidents along with casualties & injuries

therein, their percentage variations overprevious year and the rate of accidental deathsper thousand vehicles during the last five yearsare presented in Table1(I). It is observed that

the rate of deaths per thousand vehicles hasdecreased marginally from 1.4 in 2004 to 1.3 in2008 even as the number of vehicles in thecountry have increased and the quantum ofRoad Accidents has decreased.

Railway Accidents & Rail-Road Accidents

2,134 cases of 'Rail-Road Accidents' werereported during the year 2008 which shows anincrease of 13.9% over 2007 where 1,873

cases were reported. The cases of deaths dueto 'Rail-Road Accidents' have decreased by6.2% from 2,369 cases in 2007 to 2,222 in2008. 1,823 victims (out of 2,222 deaths) weremales and 399 were females. [Table1.6] 561cases were reported in the third quarter of theyear 2008 which accounted for 26.3% of thetotal 'Rail-Road Accidents' during the year whilein 2007, 522 cases were reported in the samequarter. [Table1.9]

Table 1 (H)

Share of Road Accident Deaths in Total Accidental Deathsby Un-natural Causes during 2004 to 2008

Number of Accidental DeathsSl.No.

Year

Road Accidents Total Un-natural

Percentage share ofRoad Accident

Deaths in Un-NaturalTotal Deaths

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

1 2004 91,376 2,58,326 35.2

2 2005 98,254 2,71,760 36.2

3 2006 1,05,725 2,93,202 36.1

4 2007 1,14,590 3,15,641 36.3

5 2008 1,18,239 3,18,316 37.1


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Table 1 (I)

Growth in Number of Vehicles and Road Accidents in India (2004-2008)

Sl.No.

Year

RoadAccidents

(inthousand)

%variation

overprevious

year

Personsinjured (inthousand)

%variation

overprevious

Year

Personskilled

(in nos.)

%variation

overprevious

Year

No. ofvehicles (inthousand)

%variation

overprevious

Year

Rate ofDeaths perthousandVehicles(Col.7/

Col.9)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

1 2004 361.3 7.4 413.9 8.1 91,376 8.2 66,289* 1.4

2 2005 390.4 8.0 447.9 8.2 98,254 7.5 66,289* 1.5

3 2006 394.4 1.0 452.9 1.1 1,05,725 7.6 72,718@ 9.7 1.5

4 2007 418.6 6.1 465.3 2.7 1,14,590 8.4 72,718# 1.6

5 2008 415.8 6.7 469.1 0.8 1,18,239 3.2 89,618@ 23.2 1.3

Source : for Col.9, Motor Transport Statistics of India, Transport Research Wing, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, New Delhi.* : data for the year 2003 is repeated in 2004 and 2005 due to non availability.@ : as per latest data of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.# : data for the year 2006 is repeated in 2007 due to non availability.

Incidence of Death of Rail-Road Accidents & Other Railway Accidents (2004-2008)

22761389

2353 2369 2222

1814218622

23574 23601 24126

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008Year

Incidence

rail road accidents other railway accidents


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Table 1 (J)

Incidence and Rate of Deaths due to Road Accidents during 2008(State/UT wise)

Sl.No.

State/UTNo. of cases ofRoad Accidents

Total RegisteredMotor Vehicles

as on 31.03.2008#

(in 000)

No. of deathsdue to RoadAccidents in

2008

Rate ofAccidental

Deaths per 000vehicles

(Col.5 / Col.4)

Rate of Deaths(Col.5/Col.3)

100

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

STATES:

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 42106 7218 14158 2.0 33.6

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 261 22 125 5.7 47.9

3 ASSAM 4262 914 1721 1.9 40.4

4 BIHAR 6180 1432 3471 2.4 56.2

5 CHHATTISGARH 8769 1541 3243 2.1 37.0

6 GOA 4179 529 333 0.6 8.0

7 GUJARAT 21027 8622 6386 0.7 30.4

8 HARYANA 11241 3087 4680 1.5 41.6

9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1982 334 798 2.4 40.3

10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 5426 524 981 1.9 18.1

11 JHARKHAND 3259 1505 1574 1.0 48.3

12 KARNATAKA 46252 6220 8814 1.4 19.1

13 KERALA 37238 3559 3934 1.1 10.6

14 MADHYA PRADESH 34316 4609 7514 1.6 21.9

15 MAHARASHTRA 49679 10966 12957 1.2 26.1

16 MANIPUR 502 124 133 1.1 26.5

17 MEGHALAYA 191 104 149 1.4 78.0

18 MIZORAM 87 52 78 1.5 89.7

19 NAGALAND 126 184 116 0.6 92.1

20 ORISSA 8184 1932 3104 1.6 37.9

21 PUNJAB 2394 4035 2055 0.5 85.8

22 RAJASTHAN 23704 4754 8388 1.8 35.4

23 SIKKIM 196 22 79 3.6 40.3

24 TAMIL NADU 60409 10054 12784 1.3 21.2

25 TRIPURA 767 106 221 2.1 28.8

26 UTTAR PRADESH 19064 7989 12073 1.5 63.3

27 UTTARAKHAND 1409 643 1067 1.7 75.7

28 WEST BENGAL 11547 2872 4739 1.7 41.0

TOTAL (STATES): 404757 83953 115675 1.4 28.6

UNION TERRITORIES:

29 A & N ISLANDS 191 41 22 0.5 11.5

30 CHANDIGARH 477 647 146 0.2 30.6

31 D & N HAVELI 116 45 65 1.4 56.0

32 DAMAN & DIU 50 55 21 0.4 42.0

33 DELHI (UT) 8566 4487 2098 0.5 24.5

34 LAKSHADWEEP 0 6 0 0.0 0.0

35 PUDUCHERRY 1698 384 212 0.6 12.5

TOTAL (UTs): 11098 5665 2564 0.5 23.1

TOTAL (ALL INDIA): 415855 89618 118239 1.3 28.4

Source:#for column 4 -Motor Transport Statistics of India report of Transport Research wing, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways,

New Delhi.


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The rate of Road Accident Deaths per thousandregistered motor vehicles in each State/UT ispresented in Table-1(J). It is observed that therate of Accidental Deaths per thousand vehicleswas highest in Arunachal Pradesh at 5.7followed by Sikkim 3.6, Bihar and HimachalPradesh 2.4 each and Chhattisgarh and Tripura

2.1 each and Andhra Pradesh 2.0 as comparedto 1.3 at the National level although the Statesof Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu had the highestand the second highest number of registeredvehicles in the country. The rate of deaths per100 cases of road accidents was highest inNagaland (92.1) followed by Mizoram (89.7)and Punjab (85.8) compared to 28.4 at theNational level.

Figure 1.6

Road Accident Deaths by

Type of Vehicle (Number)

487

4381

123 300 244

24648

8170

6158

93009978

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

Truck/Lorry Bus Tempo/Vans Jeep Car

Government Private

Fatal Road Accidents

Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have accountedfor 14.5% and 11.9% respectively of total RoadAccident cases in the country. AndhraPradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu havereported 12.0%, 11.0% and 10.8% respectivelyof total Road Accident Deaths in the country.

1,00,300 males and 17,939 females totaling1,18,239 persons were killed during the year2008, while traveling by various modes oftransport on roads. 25,135 persons (21.2%) of

these were occupants of Truck/Lorry, 23,552(19.9%) were riding on Two-wheelers, 12,551(10.6%) were killed while traveling in buses and10,324 (8.7%) were pedestrians. [Table-1.7 &1.8]

Figure 1.7

Road Accident Deaths by Type of Vehicles

(Percentage Share)

Three

Wheeler

5.5 Car

8.6

Tempo/Vans

5.3

Truck/Lorry

21.2

Bus

10.6

Jeep

8.1

Two Wheeler

19.9

Pedestrian

8.7

Others

8.9

Bicycle

3.0

Although break-up of total Government andPrivate vehicles are not available, it is pertinent

to note that 98.1% victims of Truck/Lorry,98.0% victims of Tempo/Vans, 97.6% victimsof 'Cars, 96.9% victims of Jeeps' and 65.1%victims of Buses involved in accidents, weretraveling in private vehicles.

The number of persons who died ofTruck/Lorry accidents was highest in AndhraPradesh (13.4%) followed by Tamil Nadu(11.6%). 19.7% of Bus' victims and 20.1% ofCar' victims were from Tamil Nadu only. 16.1%of Tempo/Van' victims and 15.7% Jeepvictims were from Uttar Pradesh, 29.1% ofThree Wheeler victims were from AndhraPradesh, 15.2% Two Wheeler' victims and17.4% 'Pedestrian' victims were fromMaharashtra alone.


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Table 1 (K)Sex wise Road Accident Deaths by Type of Vehicle during 2008

Number of Road Accidental DeathsSl.No.

Type of VehicleMale Female Total

%shareof total

vehicles

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Truck/Lorry 22246 2889 25135 21.3Government 429 58 487 0.4

1

Private 21817 2831 24648 20.8Bus 9920 2631 12551 10.6Government 3342 1039 4381 3.7

2

Private 6578 1592 8170 6.9Tempo/Vans 5195 1086 6281 5.3Government 110 13 123 0.1

3

Private 5085 1073 6158 5.2Jeep 8024 1576 9600 8.1Government 251 49 300 0.3

4

Private 7773 1527 9300 7.9

Car

8571 1651 10222 8.6Government 185 59 244 0.25

Private 8386 1592 9978 8.46 Three Wheeler 5329 1216 6545 5.57 Two Wheeler 20420 3132 23552 19.98 Bicycle 2956 540 3496 3.09 Pedestrian 8488 1836 10324 8.710 Others 9151 1382 10533 8.9

Total 100300 17939 118239 100.0

Traffic Accidents by Month & Time ofOccurrence

As per Table-1.9, a total of 1,17,553 TrafficAccidents were reported in the 2nd quarter ofthe year accounting for 26.4% (out of 4,45,468)of total traffic accidents during the year. Themonth-wise break-up of accidents for eachState/UT/City are presented in Table-1.12.

The month-wise distribution of Road Accidentshas also shown more accidents during April(38,059) and May (37,912) sharing 9.2% and9.1% respectively. Maximum Rail-RoadAccidents occurred during the month ofSeptember (192) and March (191). Themaximum number of Other Railway Accidentswere reported during the months of August(2,444) and October (2,426). [Table-1.12]

Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra which accountedfor the maximum (14.5%) and (11.9%) 'RoadAccidents' in the country have also reported themaximum number of 'Road Accidents' duringeach month of the year at national level. Delhi

has reported the maximum number of RoadAccidents among UTs which is 2.0% at the

National level. Uttar Pradesh alone hasreported 37.8% of 'Rail-Road accidents' in the

country.

A total of 8,420 (out of 27,479) accidentsaccounting for 30.6% of Railway Accidents(other than Rail-Road accidents') were reportedfrom Maharashtra alone followed by UttarPradesh 3,027 (11.0%). Delhi is the only UTwhich has recorded such accidents. A total of1,099 such accidents were reported in DelhiUT. [Table-1.12]

The distribution of Traffic Accidents in eachState/UT/City during the 8 classified timeperiods (Pahar) of the day is presented inTable-1.13. Maximum Road Accidents(66,811) were reported during 3 p.m. to 6 p.m(16.1%), 64,365 cases during 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.(15.5%), and least number (31,092) of theseaccidents (7.5%) was reported during 12 O'clock to 3 AM in the night. The maximum 'Rail-Road Accidents' were reported during 9 AMto 12 O' clock (16.9%). The maximumnumber of Other Railway Accidents (16.1%)

were also reported during 9 A.M to 1200noon. [Table-1.13]


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Accidental Deaths in Cities

The term mega city refers to cities which havea population of over 10 lakhs as per 2001census. Mumbai has reported the maximumnumber of Accidental Deaths (8,681) followedby Delhi (7,016) accounting for 18.5% and

15.0% respectively of the total accidentaldeaths reported by 35 mega cities. The rate ofAccidental Deaths was highest in Pune(100.2) followed by Meerut (92.4) as comparedto average rate for the cities (43.5). Mumbaisshare (18.5%) of accidental deaths amongcities was marginally higher than that ofMaharashtra (17.2%) at the national level.[Table-1.2]

Evidently, average rate of accidental deaths incities (43.5) was higher than the All-India rate

(29.7). Except ten cities viz. Agra, Asansol,Bhopal, Dhanbad, Jabalpur, Jamshedpur,Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai and Patna all other25 cities have reported higher or equal rate ofaccidental deaths than the National average. Itis also interesting to note that 25 out of 35 citieshave reported higher rate of accidental deaths

as compared to their parent States rate. Thesame is reflected in Table-1(L).

Kolkata, the second largest city in terms ofpopulation (12.3% of the population of all megacities) among 35 cities after Mumbai (15.2%),reported the lowest accidental death rate of 6.6.The comparative reporting of accidentaldeaths during 2008 in the top four-mega citiesis presented in Table-1(M).

Table 1 (L)

Rate of Accidental Deaths in Cities(with rate higher than parent state) during 2008

Sl. No. City Rate in City Rate in Parent State

(1) (2) (3) (4)

1 PUNE 100.2 54.7

2 NASIK 86.5 54.7

3 NAGPUR 69.8 54.7

4 DELHI (CITY) 54.9 45.3

5 INDORE 76.7 45.2

6 FARIDABAD 55.9 42.6

7 RAJKOT 78.7 38.9

8 SURAT 53.2 38.9

9 VADODARA 42.2 38.9

10 BENGALURU 48.6 38.9

11 VIJAYAWADA 60.8 36.8

12 HYDERABAD 40.2 36.8

13 COIMBATORE 39.9 36.6

14 JAIPUR 66.7 32.3

15 KOCHI 37.9 28.8

16 LUDHIANA 30.0 29.9

17 ASANSOL 27.1 16.9

18 JAMSHEDPUR 21.4 15.0

19 MEERUT 92.4 14.9

20 ALLAHABAD 92.0 14.9

21 VARANASI 46.8 14.9

22 KANPUR 45.9 14.9

23 AGRA 28.7 14.9

24 LUCKNOW 26.9 14.9

25 PATNA 15.0 9.7


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Table 1 (M)

Rate of Accidental Deaths in Metropolitan Cities during 2008

Sl.No.

CityEstimated Mid-Year Population

(In Lakhs)

Share ofPopulation In

Cities (percent)

Share of DeathsIn Cities (percent)

Rate (No. ofDeaths Per one

Lakh Population)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

1. Chennai 64.3 6.0 4.4 31.8

2. Delhi 127.9 11.9 15.0 54.9

3. Kolkata 132.2 12.3 1.8 6.6

4. Mumbai 163.7 15.2 18.5 53.0

Figure1.8

Percentage Share of Accidental Deaths in Mega Cities during 2008

HYDERABAD

4.8%

JAIPUR

3.3%

AHMEDABAD

2.9%BENGALURU

5.9%

NAGPUR

3.2%

SURAT3.2%

INDORE

2.7%

KANPUR

2.6%

KOLKATA

1.8%

OTHERS23.7%

PUNE

8.0%

CHENNAI

4.4%

DELHI (CITY)15.0%

MUMBAI

18.5%

43,694 deaths due to un-natural causes &3,190 deaths due to causes attributable toNature were reported from 35 cities out oftotal 46,884 accidental deaths as comparedto 50,559 deaths during 2007 accounting for adecrease of 7.3% during the year. 18 citiesout of 35 have reported a decline in accidentaldeaths. Allahabad city reported the maximumincrease of 135% (from 411 to 966) whileChennai city has reported the maximumdecline of 53.4% (from 4,390 to 2,046) in the

number of accidental deaths during the year2008. [Table-1.3]

Though 35 cities accounted for nearly 9.5% ofthe countrys population, they reportedcomparatively more deaths due to accidents(i.e. 13.7% of total accidental deaths in thecountry) and significantly higher rate of 43.5as compared to 29.7 at the National level. Theshare of deaths in cities due to causesattributable to Nature was 13.3% while thatdue to un-natural causes was 13.7% at thenational level.


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Accidents due to Un-Natural causes in 35cities reported a decrease of 6.7% over theprevious year (from 1,02,629 to 95,783) ascompared to 0.7% decrease at the Nationallevel (from 6,36,394 to 6,32,102). These 35cities accounted for nearly 15.1% (95,783 outof 6,32,102) of accidents due to un-natural

causes in the country which rendered 11.3%(56,372 out of 4,98,124) injured & 13.7%(43,694 out of 3,18,316) dead. The highestnumber of un-natural accidents (12.2%) andthe maximum number of deaths (19.9%) werereported in Mumbai city amongst the 35 megacities. [Table-1.11]

Delhi city among 35 cities has reported thehighest number of deaths by causesattributable to Nature (50.9%) followed byHyderabad city (15.9%). All such deaths in

Lucknow, 76.0% such deaths in Ludhiana and72.2% such deaths in Faridabad were due toCold and Exposure'. 68.2% such deaths inAhmedabad were due to 'Starvation/Thirst'.60.0% such deaths in Jabalpur were due to'Torrential Rains'. 25.0% such deaths in Nasikand Vijayawada were due to 'Flood'. 40.0%deaths in Jamshedpur were due to HeatStroke. The lone such death reported inSurat and 66.7% deaths in Pune were due to'Lightning'. [Table-1.10]

17.6% and 16.5% of deaths due to un-naturalcauses in Vishakhapatnam and Vijayawada

respectively were due to Drowning. 15.0% ofun-natural deaths were due to 'Falls' in Surat.27.0% and 22.6% such deaths were due to'Fire' in Rajkot and Jamshedpur respectively.22.5% such deaths in Meerut were due toFire-Arms. Sudden Deaths accounted for33.0% and 29.6% respectively of un-natural

deaths in Rajkot and Nasik. Deaths due to'Poisoning' accounted for 12.5% in Ludhiana,whereas 11.8% such deaths in Indore citywere due to 'Suffocation'.

Among Un-natural causes, the share ofDeaths in cities due to Falls (5.8%), Fire(8.9%) and Sudden Deaths (12.5%) washigher than their corresponding shares of3.1%, 6.5% and 6.6% respectively at thenational level. Share of deaths due toDrowning (4.8%), Poisoning (3.5%), deaths

in Traffic Accidents (30.9%), on the otherhand, were comparatively lower than theircorresponding shares of 7.9%, 7.1% and42.2% respectively at the National level.[Table-1.11]

In Lucknow and Agra 89.1% and 75.6% oftotal un-natural accidental deaths were due to'Road Accidents'. Delhi city alone reported29.0% deaths of Pedestrian and Lucknow cityreported 13.5% deaths of bicycle riders in the

35 mega cities during 2008.

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TABLE 1.1

Incidence and Rate of Accidental Deaths During 1998 to 2008

Sl. No. YearTotal Number of

Accidental DeathsEstimated MidYear

Population* (In Lakh+)

Rate of AccidentalDeaths (Col.3 / Col.4)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

1 1998 258409 9709 26.62

2 1999 271918 9866 27.56

3 2000 255883 10021 25.53

4 2001 271019 10270 26.39

5 2002** 260122 10506 24.76

6 2003 259625 10682 24.3

7 2004 277263 10856 25.5

8 2005 294175 11028 26.7

9 2006 314704 11197.75 28.1

10 2007 340794 11365.53 30.0

11 2008 342309 11531.3 29.7

12Percentage

change in 2008over 1998

32.5 18.8 29.7

* Source: The Registrar General of India** Figures revised due to change in data of Haryana State+ One Lakh = 0.1 Million = 100,000


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TABLE1.2

Incidence and Rate of Accidental Deaths 2008(State, UT & Citywise)

Sl.No.

State/UTNumber ofAccidental

Deaths

PercentageShare in Total

Deaths

Estimated MidYear Population

(in Lakh)

Rate ofAccidental

DeathsRank*

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)STATES:

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 30385 8.9 824.6 36.8 15

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 449 0.1 12.0 37.3 14

3 ASSAM 4079 1.2 300.8 13.6 31

4 BIHAR 9160 2.7 943.1 9.7 34

5 CHHATTISGARH 13024 3.8 237.7 54.8 5

6 GOA 1204 0.4 16.4 73.2 3

7 GUJARAT 22024 6.4 566.6 38.9 12

8 HARYANA 10181 3.0 238.9 42.6 10

9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2724 0.8 65.7 41.5 11

10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1722 0.5 125.0 13.8 30

11 JHARKHAND 4536 1.3 301.4 15.0 28

12 KARNATAKA 22405 6.5 576.0 38.9 13

13 KERALA 9878 2.9 343.4 28.8 19

14 MADHYA PRADESH 31469 9.2 696.8 45.2 9

15 MAHARASHTRA 58755 17.2 1073.5 54.7 6

16 MANIPUR 263 0.1 26.4 10.0 33

17 MEGHALAYA 386 0.1 25.5 15.2 27

18 MIZORAM 276 0.1 9.8 28.0 21

19 NAGALAND 230 0.1 22.0 10.5 32

20 ORISSA 9929 2.9 400.3 24.8 2221 PUNJAB 7638 2.2 266.9 28.6 20

22 RAJASTHAN 20990 6.1 649.9 32.3 18

23 SIKKIM 116 0.0 6.0 19.5 24

24 TAMIL NADU 24376 7.1 665.8 36.6 16

25 TRIPURA 599 0.2 35.2 17.0 25

26 UTTAR PRADESH 28611 8.4 1920.5 14.9 29

27 UTTARAKHAND 2159 0.6 95.4 22.6 23

28 WEST BENGAL 14938 4.4 882.1 16.9 26

TOTAL (STATES) 332506 97.1 11327.9 29.4

UNION TERRITORIES:

29 A & N ISLANDS 190 0.1 4.2 45.8 7

30 CHANDIGARH 376 0.1 10.7 35.1 17

31 D & N HAVELI 257 0.1 2.6 97.0 1

32 DAMAN & DIU 107 0.0 1.9 56.6 4

33 DELHI 7822 2.3 172.5 45.3 8

34 LAKSHADWEEP 3 0.0 0.7 4.3 35

35 PUDUCHERRY 1048 0.3 10.8 97.0 1

TOTAL (UTs) 9803 2.9 203.4 48.2

TOTAL (ALLINDIA) 342309 100.0 11531.3 29.7


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TABLE1.2 (Concluded)

Incidence And Rate of Accidental Deaths 2008(State, UT & Citywise)

Sl.

No.City

Number ofAccidental

Deaths

PercentageShare in

Total Deaths

Estimated MidYear Population

(in Lakh)

Rate ofAccidental

DeathsRank*

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

CITIES:

36 AGRA 379 0.8 13.2 28.7 26

37 AHMEDABAD 1361 2.9 45.2 30.1 23

38 ALLAHABAD 966 2.1 10.5 92.0 3

39 AMRITSAR 300 0.6 10.1 29.7 25

40 ASANSOL 296 0.6 10.9 27.1 27

41 BENGALURU 2762 5.9 56.9 48.6 14

42 BHOPAL 248 0.5 14.6 17.0 32

43 CHENNAI 2046 4.4 64.3 31.8 21

44 COIMBATORE 577 1.2 14.5 39.9 19

45 DELHI (CITY) 7016 15.0 127.9 54.9 11

46 DHANBAD 144 0.3 10.6 13.5 34

47 FARIDABAD 590 1.3 10.6 55.9 10

48 HYDERABAD 2227 4.8 55.3 40.2 18

49 INDORE 1257 2.7 16.4 76.7 6

50 JABALPUR 260 0.6 11.2 23.3 29

51 JAIPUR 1551 3.3 23.2 66.7 8

52 JAMSHEDPUR 236 0.5 11.0 21.4 31

53 KANPUR 1234 2.6 26.9 45.9 16

54 KOCHI 513 1.1 13.6 37.9 2055 KOLKATA 867 1.8 132.2 6.6 35

56 LUCKNOW 609 1.3 22.7 26.9 28

57 LUDHIANA 417 0.9 13.9 29.9 24

58 MADURAI 269 0.6 11.9 22.5 30

59 MEERUT 1078 2.3 11.7 92.4 2

60 MUMBAI 8681 18.5 163.7 53.0 13

61 NAGPUR 1481 3.2 21.2 69.8 7

62 NASIK 996 2.1 11.5 86.5 4

63 PATNA 256 0.5 17.1 15.0 33

64 PUNE 3763 8.0 37.6 100.2 1

65 RAJKOT 789 1.7 10.0 78.7 5

66 SURAT 1496 3.2 28.1 53.2 12

67 VADODARA 629 1.3 14.9 42.2 17

68 VARANASI 567 1.2 12.1 46.8 15

69 VIJAYAWADA 615 1.3 10.1 60.8 9

70 VISHAKHAPATNAM 408 0.9 13.3 30.7 22

TOTAL (CITIES) 46884 100.0 1078.8 43.5

* Rank on the basis of Rate of Accidental Deaths (Col.6) in States/UTs and Cities.


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Table 1.3

Percentage Variation of Incidence of Accidental Deaths during 2008 over 2007(State, UT & Citywise)

IncidencePercentage

Variation in 2008over 2007

Sl.No.

State/UT

2007 2008(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

STATES:

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 31011 30385 -2.02 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 340 449 32.1

3 ASSAM 3948 4079 3.3

4 BIHAR 8252 9160 11.0

5 CHHATTISGARH 13381 13024 -2.7

6 GOA 897 1204 34.2

7 GUJARAT 22768 22024 -3.3

8 HARYANA 10162 10181 0.2

9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2328 2724 17.0

10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1950 1722 -11.7

11 JHARKHAND 5414 4536 -16.2

12 KARNATAKA 22213 22405 0.9

13 KERALA 9448 9878 4.6

14 MADHYA PRADESH 30679 31469 2.6

15 MAHARASHTRA 58552 58755 0.3

16 MANIPUR 232 263 13.4

17 MEGHALAYA 296 386 30.4

18 MIZORAM 71 276 288.7

19 NAGALAND 131 230 75.6

20 ORISSA 9802 9929 1.3

21 PUNJAB 7546 7638 1.2

22 RAJASTHAN 20274 20990 3.5

23 SIKKIM 88 116 31.8

24 TAMIL NADU 24931 24376 -2.2

25 TRIPURA 779 599 -23.1

26 UTTAR PRADESH 27346 28611 4.6

27 UTTARAKHAND 1864 2159 15.8

28 WEST BENGAL 16146 14938 -7.5

TOTAL (STATES)330849 332506 0.5

UNION TERRITORIES:

29 A & N ISLANDS 187 190 1.6

30 CHANDIGARH 343 376 9.6

31 D & N HAVELI 268 257 -4.1

32 DAMAN & DIU 126 107 -15.1

33 DELHI (UT) 7988 7822 -2.1

34 LAKSHADWEEP 4 3 -25.0

35 PUDUCHERRY 1029 1048 1.8

TOTAL (UTs) 9945 9803 -1.4

TOTAL (ALLINDIA) 340794 342309 0.4


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Table 1.3 (Concluded)

Percentage Variation of Incidence of Accidental Deaths during 2008 over 2007(State, UT & Citywise)

IncidenceSl.No.

City2007 2008

PercentageVariation in 2008

over 2007

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

CITIES:

36 AGRA 620 379 -38.9

37 AHMEDABAD 2562 1361 -46.9

38 ALLAHABAD 411 966 135.0

39 AMRITSAR 229 300 31.0

40 ASANSOL 413 296 -28.3

41 BENGALURU 3252 2762 -15.1

42 BHOPAL 438 248 -43.4

43 CHENNAI 4390 2046 -53.4

44 COIMBATORE 550 577 4.9

45 DELHI (CITY) 7232 7016 -3.0

46 DHANBAD 127 144 13.4

47 FARIDABAD 625 590 -5.6

48 HYDERABAD 2179 2227 2.2

49 INDORE 1147 1257 9.6

50 JABALPUR 480 260 -45.8

51 JAIPUR 1441 1551 7.6

52 JAMSHEDPUR 375 236 -37.1

53 KANPUR 1283 1234 -3.8

54 KOCHI 431 513 19.0

55 KOLKATA 819 867 5.9

56 LUCKNOW 658 609 -7.4

57 LUDHIANA 419 417 -0.5

58 MADURAI 224 269 20.1

59 MEERUT 747 1078 44.3

60 MUMBAI 8897 8681 -2.4

61 NAGPUR 1534 1481 -3.5

62 NASIK 894 996 11.4

63 PATNA 374 256 -31.6

64 PUNE 3357 3763 12.1

65 RAJKOT 737 789 7.1

66 SURAT 1501 1496 -0.3

67 VADODARA 585 629 7.5

68 VARANASI 410 567 38.3

69 VIJAYAWADA 594 615 3.5

70 VISHAKHAPATNAM 624 408 -34.6

TOTAL (CITIES) 50559 46884 -7.3


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TABLE1.4Distribution of Accidental Deaths (Causes attributable to Nature & Unnatural Causes)

By Sex & Age Group 2008(State, UT & Citywise)

Upto 14 Years 1529 Years 3044 Years

Sl.

No

State/UT Male Female Total

% toTotal

(Col.5/

Col.25) 100

Male Female Total

% toTotal

(Col.9/

Col. 25) 100

Male Female Total

% toTotal

(Col.13/

Col. 25) 100

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)

STATES:

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1049 431 1480 4.9 6564 1962 8526 28.1 8513 2217 10730 35.3

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 10 9 19 4.2 109 46 155 34.5 192 20 212 47.2

3 ASSAM 265 111 376 9.2 804 299 1103 27.0 1174 283 1457 35.7

4 BIHAR 792 236 1028 11.2 1813 661 2474 27.0 2071 763 2834 30.9

5 CHHATTISGARH 812 502 1314 10.1 2940 1061 4001 30.7 3152 908 4060 31.2

6 GOA 36 17 53 4.4 267 52 319 26.5 350 44 394 32.7

7 GUJARAT 827 467 1294 5.9 4260 1880 6140 27.9 6040 1730 7770 35.3

8 HARYANA 347 109 456 4.5 2688 510 3198 31.4 3210 450 3660 35.99 HIMACHAL PRADESH 87 57 144 5.3 552 189 741 27.2 820 156 976 35.8

10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 52 19 71 4.1 385 109 494 28.7 586 122 708 41.1

11 JHARKHAND 182 85 267 5.9 928 255 1183 26.1 1264 364 1628 35.9

12 KARNATAKA 763 337 1100 4.9 4347 1434 5781 25.8 6636 1566 8202 36.6

13 KERALA 258 145 403 4.1 1821 276 2097 21.2 2374 421 2795 28.3

14 MADHYA PRADESH 2544 1389 3933 12.5 6673 3246 9919 31.5 6891 2549 9440 30.0

15 MAHARASHTRA 2033 1335 3368 5.7 10457 4618 15075 25.7 14874 4221 19095 32.5

16 MANIPUR 15 4 19 7.2 61 15 76 28.9 92 23 115 43.7

17 MEGHALAYA 37 18 55 14.2 93 26 119 30.8 100 17 117 30.3

18 MIZORAM 20 7 27 9.8 89 8 97 35.1 81 12 93 33.7

19 NAGALAND 4 6 10 4.3 80 2 82 35.7 106 10 116 50.420 ORISSA 451 192 643 6.5 2002 735 2737 27.6 2419 780 3199 32.2

21 PUNJAB 206 71 277 3.6 1682 322 2004 26.2 2442 443 2885 37.8

22 RAJASTHAN 857 347 1204 5.7 5271 1536 6807 32.4 6308 1427 7735 36.9

23 SIKKIM 1 0 1 0.9 38 19 57 49.1 34 7 41 35.3

24 TAMIL NADU 775 487 1262 5.2 4824 1947 6771 27.8 6479 1806 8285 34.0

25 TRIPURA 32 11 43 7.2 163 43 206 34.4 140 37 177 29.5

26 UTTAR PRADESH 1767 570 2337 8.2 6325 1810 8135 28.4 6715 1699 8414 29.4

27 UTTARAKHAND 72 40 112 5.2 636 156 792 36.7 533 164 697 32.3

28 WEST BENGAL 707 455 1162 7.8 3402 1429 4831 32.3 3567 1221 4788 32.1

TOTAL (STATES) 15001 7457 22458 6.8 69274 24646 93920 28.2 87163 23460 110623 33.3

UNION TERRITORIES:

29 A & N ISLANDS 13 1 14 7.4 29 15 44 23.2 46 11 57 30.0

30 CHANDIGARH 18 7 25 6.6 71 21 92 24.5 123 13 136 36.2

31 D & N HAVELI 12 4 16 6.2 82 17 99 38.5 60 11 71 27.6

32 DAMAN & DIU 5 1 6 5.6 36 4 40 37.4 29 3 32 29.9

33 DELHI (UT) 291 150 441 5.6 1766 493 2259 28.9 2447 386 2833 3

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