Table 4.
Estimates of years of potential life lost (YPLL), premature years of potential life lost (PYPLL) and working years of potential life lost (WYPLL) and the corresponding rates by cause in India, 2002
| Causes of death | Rate (per 1000 population) |
Absolute number (millions) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YPLL |
PYPLL |
WYPLL |
YPLL |
PYPLL |
WYPLL |
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| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Tuberculosis | 16.7 | 13.0 | 9.7 | 7.7 | 23.3 | 14.2 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 12.1 | 6.8 |
| Diarrhoeal diseases | 21.4 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 23.0 | 22.2 | 29.4 | 11.6 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 14.1 |
| Malaria | 7.9 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 10.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 |
| Malignant and other neoplasms | 11.9 | 14.6 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 38.2 | 33.3 | 14.6 | 9.5 | 49.6 | 30.7 | 20.7 | 16.8 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 25.7 | 14.7 |
| Respiratory disease | 15.5 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 18.3 | 13.5 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 9.5 | 6.5 |
| Digestive disease | 9.7 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 13.2 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 6.9 | 3.3 |
| Unintentional injuries: other accidents | 16.1 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 8.8 | 17.9 | 12.3 | 8.7 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 9.3 | 5.9 |
| Intentional injuries: suicide | 7.3 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 3.4 |