ACCIDENTAL DEATHS IN INDIA
Total 3,57,021 accidental deaths in the country during the year 2009. A total of 6,47,904 cases of ‘Un-Natural Accidents’ caused 3,34,766 deaths and rendered 4,96,190 people injured during 2009. Male Female Victim Ratio — 77:23. 4.3% increase in Accidental Deaths was reported over the previous year. 7.2% decrease in deaths by causes attributable to nature. 5.2% increase in deaths by un-natural causes. Maharashtra accounting for 9.3% of country’s population has reported almost one sixth (17.5%) of accidental deaths due to unnatural causes. Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Naduaccounting for 6.1% and 5.7% respectively of the country’s population have reported 9.8% and 8.6% respectively of such deaths. Males out-numbered females in all kinds of accidental casualties due to unnatural causes at the National level except ‘Fire Accidents’ (where 57.5% of those killed were females as compared to 42.5% males). The ...