Acute Diarrheal Disease - Prevalence & Deaths in India

Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death and illness among children under five years of age in the world. It results in billions of cases per year. In 2013, over 570,000 children under five years of age died from diarrhea.

Acute Diarrheal Disease - Prevalence & Deaths in India - 2015:

Male		Female		Total
Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths
6,42,8216	698	5,80,5163	518	1,22,33,379	1,216

In India, diarrhea caused more than 130,000 child deaths in 2013. This accounts for roughly one-fourth of all global diarrhea deaths among children under five years of age.

Acute Diarrheal Disease : State-wise Prevalence & Deaths in India, 2015
Andhra Pradesh	20,96,497	128
Arunachal Pradesh	10,910	7
Assam	20,456	81
Bihar	11,84,411	40
Chhattisgarh	3,75,805	62
Goa	60,998	0
Gujarat	13,69,389	27
Haryana	11,64,780	36
Himachal Pradesh	1,59,1505	205
Jammu. Div	2,25,817	5
Kashmir.Div	5,36,208	0
Jharkhand	2,01,591	1
Karnataka	2,11,8979	35
Kerala	58,79,901	38
Madhya Pradesh	1,70,2426	161
Meghalaya	1,69,854	6
Maharashtra	15,37,325	18
Manipur	37,477	22
Mizoram	33,169	59
Nagaland	22,529	1
Odisha	21,27,921	72
Punjab	61,2122	71
Rajasthan	28,22,582	71
Sikkim	53,220	0
Tamil Nadu	19,62,629	2
Tripura	14,5522	4
Telangana	11,37,894	123
Uttar Pradesh	17,72,916	665
Uttrakhand	25,3292	77
West Bengal	29,91,474	491
A& N Island	44,465	3
Chandigarh	1,27,479	2
Delhi	30,7597	108
D&N Haveli	61,639	12
Daman & Diu	56,483	4
Lakshadweep	27,297	0
Puduchery	7,95,892	24
Total	35,65,0451	2,661

References:

1. National Health Profile 2016, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Gov’t of India.

• << Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB): Health Statistics and Epidemiol...
• Swine Flu: Epidemiological Situation in India >>