Table 1.
Causes of early life mortality in India from the 2010 Million Deaths Study
| mortality from 0-1 months | |
|---|---|
| cause of death | mortality rate per thousand live births (all India 2005) |
| prematurity and low birth weight | 12.0 |
| neonatal infections | 9.9 |
| birth asphyxia and birth trauma | 7.0 |
| other non-communicable diseases | 1.8 |
| congenital anomalies | 1.2 |
| tetanus | 1.2 |
| injuries | 0.2 |
| other causes | 2.4 |
| all causes | 36.9 |
| mortality from 1-59 months | |
|---|---|
| cause of death | mortality rate per thousand live births (all India 2005) |
| pneumonia | 13.5 |
| diarrhoeal diseases | 11.1 |
| measles | 3.3 |
| other non-communicable diseases | 3.2 |
| injuries | 2.9 |
| malaria | 2.0 |
| meningitis/encephalitis | 1.9 |
| nutritional diseases | 1.5 |
| acute bacterial sepsis and severe infections | 1.4 |
| other infectious diseases | 1.2 |
| other causes | 6.9 |
| all causes | 48.9 |
Source: Million Death Collaborators (2010). Causes of neonatal and child mortality in India: A nationally representative mortality survey. The Lancet 376, 1853-1860.