Archive · 28 May 2025
Cardiac, Diabetic Deaths Soar Among Indians
In India, more people are dying from heart problems and diabetes.
These are diseases that affect how your body works.
Fewer people are dying from diseases like malaria and infections, thanks to better medicine.
Sadly, during the pandemic, more people died from COVID-19.
The number of deaths from unknown fevers has also increased.
Cancer deaths have stayed about the same.
Deaths from cardiovascular diseases increased for both men and women between 2004-06 and 2019-21.
Deaths from diabetes mellitus also rose during the same period for both genders.
Mortality from cancer has remained relatively constant.
Deaths from perinatal conditions, diarrhoeal diseases, and tuberculosis have decreased.
Deaths from fevers of unknown origin saw an increase.
- Who
- Indians
- What
- Increase in cardiovascular and diabetes-related deaths, decrease in deaths from communicable diseases.
- When
- Trends assessed from 2004-06 to 2019-21
- Where
- India
- Why
- Not explicitly stated in the article.
- Study Period
- 2004-06 to 2019-21
- Cardiovascular Disease (Men)
- Cardiovascular deaths in men rose from 21.5% to 32%
- Cardiovascular Disease (Women)
- Cardiovascular deaths in women rose from 17.8% to 27.7%
- Diabetes Mellitus (Men)
- Diabetes deaths in men increased from 1.5% to 3.3%
- Diabetes Mellitus (Women)
- Diabetes deaths in women increased from 1.6% to 4.2%
- Cancer Deaths
- Cancer deaths remained between 6-7%
- Unknown Fevers (Men)
- Fevers of unknown origin in men rose from 2% to 5%
- Unknown Fevers (Women)
- Fevers of unknown origin in women rose from 3% to 6.5%