The median under five mortality rate per 1 000 live births in india is 37 lower than 69 for pakistan and much lower than 120 for nigeria but in absolute numbers india reported 8 8 lakh child deaths in that age bracket in 2018. India has the highest burden of under five deaths in the world. Nigeria accounted for almost 24 of all global malaria deaths followed by the democratic republic of the congo 11 the united republic of tanzania 5 and angola mozambique and niger 4 each.
Nearly 85 of global malaria deaths in 2018 were concentrated in 20 countries in the who african region and india. 18 of global deaths are caused in india. There is a wide gap between the rural and urban population in the country in the sphere of access to healthcare facilities.
Only 4 2 of the gdp in india is spent towards the healthcare system. Health facilities and schemes introduced by the government. In case of malaria the number of fatalities has been on decline and.
Delhi witnessed 4 155 dengue cases but no death. Till november in 2019 132 dengue deaths and 1 36 422 cases were reported. The us came seventh with almost 200 000 deaths.
India and china led in the number of pollution deaths with about 2 3 million and 1 8 million respectively followed by nigeria indonesia and pakistan. Annual report amit shah congratulates pm for cabinet s landmark decisions on welfare of poor strengthening economy. India notifies 24 04 lakh tuberculosis cases 79 144 deaths in 2019.
This works out to almost five such deaths daily according to a report by a rights group released on friday. A total of 1 731 people died in custody in india during 2019.
