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NEW DELHI: The number of accidental deaths in India increased to 4.3 lakh in 2022, the maximum in last five years, from 3.9 lakh in 2021. Road and rail traffic crashes had a high 46% share of these fatalities, followed by drowning, falls and poisoning.
According to the NCRB report, Maharashtra reported the highest number of accidental deaths (66,656), nearly one-seventh of total accidental deaths reported in the country, followed by Madhya Pradesh (43,726) and Uttar Pradesh (42,930).
Accidental deaths are divided into two parts – deaths caused by force of nature and other causes such as traffic crashes, fire, poisoning and electrocution.
The report mentions that while 8,060 deaths were related to forces of nature, the remaining 4.2 lakh were due to other causes that are preventable. Among natural causes of the deaths, nearly 36% were due to “lightning” and Tamil Nadu recorded the maximum deaths due to this.
The data show that there was an increase of 8.2% in the ‘other causes’ (not caused by nature) category, indicating how the government agencies and other stakeholders need to step up efforts to prevent such huge loss of human resource.
Traffic crashes have the biggest share in these deaths, which include both road and rail, at 1.94 lakh fatalities during last year compared to 1.74 lakh in 2021. Among the state and UTs, UP accounted for 28,615 deaths under traffic accidents. Maharashtra accounted for the maximum 19,053 of deaths under the ‘sudden deaths’ category, which includes heart attack. Madhya Pradesh accounted for the highest 5,427 deaths under ‘drowning’ category.
In the case of million-plus cities, 62,995 accidental deaths were reported during 2022 and the maximum numbers of such deaths were reported from Mumbai (8,286), followed by Delhi (5,199) and Pune (4,665).
According to the NCRB report, Maharashtra reported the highest number of accidental deaths (66,656), nearly one-seventh of total accidental deaths reported in the country, followed by Madhya Pradesh (43,726) and Uttar Pradesh (42,930).
Accidental deaths are divided into two parts – deaths caused by force of nature and other causes such as traffic crashes, fire, poisoning and electrocution.
The report mentions that while 8,060 deaths were related to forces of nature, the remaining 4.2 lakh were due to other causes that are preventable. Among natural causes of the deaths, nearly 36% were due to “lightning” and Tamil Nadu recorded the maximum deaths due to this.
The data show that there was an increase of 8.2% in the ‘other causes’ (not caused by nature) category, indicating how the government agencies and other stakeholders need to step up efforts to prevent such huge loss of human resource.
Traffic crashes have the biggest share in these deaths, which include both road and rail, at 1.94 lakh fatalities during last year compared to 1.74 lakh in 2021. Among the state and UTs, UP accounted for 28,615 deaths under traffic accidents. Maharashtra accounted for the maximum 19,053 of deaths under the ‘sudden deaths’ category, which includes heart attack. Madhya Pradesh accounted for the highest 5,427 deaths under ‘drowning’ category.
In the case of million-plus cities, 62,995 accidental deaths were reported during 2022 and the maximum numbers of such deaths were reported from Mumbai (8,286), followed by Delhi (5,199) and Pune (4,665).
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