New Delhi: As many as 1296 deaths took place in India in 1,141 different incidents of consumption of illicit, spurious liquor in 2019.
This was disclosed in a National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data released on Monday. States where various such deaths were reported include Karnataka (268 deaths) followed by Punjab (191 deaths), Madhya Pradesh (190), Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand (115 deaths each), Assam (98 deaths) and Rajasthan (88 deaths).
India also registered 4,21,104 accidental deaths in 2019 with an increase of 1.3 per cent over the previous year.
As many as 4,11,824 accidental deaths were reported in 2018 from various states across India, said NCRB data on accidental deaths.
Maharashtra with a population share of 9.2 per cent has reported the highest number of accidental deaths (70,329), contributing nearly one-sixth (16.7 per cent) of total accidental deaths reported in the country. Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in the country with a population share of 16.9 per cent has accounted for 9.6 per cent of the total accidental deaths in the country.
The other States having higher percentage share in total accidental deaths were Madhya Pradesh (10.1 per cent), Rajasthan (6.8 per cent), Karnataka (6.0 per cent), Gujarat (5.7 per cent), Tamil Nadu (5.3 per cent), Chhattisgarh (4.7 per cent), Andhra Pradesh (4.3 per cent), Odisha (3.9 per cent) and West Bengal (3.8 per cent)
Out of 4,21,104 accidental deaths, 8,145 (1.9 per cent) deaths were due to forces of nature and 4,12,959 (98.1 per cent) deaths were due to other causes.
The NCRB in its report said that out of 4,21,104 accidental deaths, 8,145 (1.9 per cent) deaths were due to forces of nature and 4,12,959 (98.1 per cent) deaths were due to other causes.
The highest rate of accidental deaths was reported from Puducherry (72.8) followed by Chhattisgarh (68.6), Maharashtra (57.4), Haryana (54.3), Goa (51.5) and Madhya Pradesh (51.4) against the national average of 31.5. Nineteen (19) out of 36 States, UTs have reported higher rates of accidental deaths as compared to all India average of 31.5 deaths per one lakh of population.
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Significantly, gender-wise analysis reveals that female and male constitute 19.2 per cent and 80.8 per cent of total victims respectively. The age group of the majority of the victims was between 30 to 45 years. This group of people has accounted for 30.9 per cent of all persons killed in accidents in the country during the year 2019.
A total of 46,697 senior citizens (60 years & above of age) have also been killed in various accidents during 2019 comprising 11.1 per cent.
Among other reasons which have been attributed as death due to force of nature, according to NCRB data, includes ‘Avalanche’, ‘Exposure to Cold’, ‘Earthquake’, ‘Epidemic’, ‘Flood’, ‘Heat/Sun Stroke’ and ‘Lightning’ have increased during the year 2019 over the previous year 2018 whereas the deaths due to inter-alia ‘Cyclone’, ‘Tornado’, ‘Landslide’, ‘Torrential Rain’ and ‘Forest Fire’ have decreased in 2019 over 2018.
The deaths due to Other Causes such as Drowning’, ‘Electrocution’, ’Falls’, ‘Traffic Accidents’, ‘Stampede’, ‘Sudden Deaths’, ‘Deaths of Women during Pregnancy’ and ‘Killed by Animals’ have increased whereas the deaths due to ‘Air Crash’, ‘Collapse of Structure’, ‘Accidental Explosion’, ‘Factory/Machine Accidents’, ‘Accidental Fire’, ‘Firearms’, ‘Mines or Quarry Disaster’, ‘Deaths due to Consumption of Illicit/Poisonous Liquor’, ‘Poisoning’, ‘Suffocation’ and ‘Drug overdose’ have decreased in 2019 as compared to the previous year 2018.
A total of 11,037 cases of fire accidents were reported in the country during 2019, showing a decrease of 15.7 per cent as compared to 2018 (13,099 cases). 11,037 incidents of fire accidents caused injuries to 441 persons and 10,915 deaths during 2019.
The cause-wise analysis of fire accidents revealed that 58.0 per cent of total deaths (6,329 out of 10,915) were reported in residential/dwelling buildings during 2019.
As many as 26 States & UTs have reported 50.0 per cent or more deaths due to ‘Fire in residential or dwelling building’ during 2019.
These States/UTs were Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep (100 per cent each), Goa (92.3 per cent), Assam (91.8 per cent), Gujarat (89.9 per cent), Tamil Nadu (86.8 per cent), A & N Islands (85.7 per cent), Punjab (83.9 per cent), Kerala (83.5 per cent), Jammu & Kashmir (82.6 per cent) and Tripura (81.5 per cent).
