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. 2019 Dec 23;5(2):e86–e98. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30246-4

Table 2.

Death rates for road injuries in the states of India, 1990–2017

1990
2017
Percentage change in death rate, 1990–2017
Crude death rate Age-standardised death rate Crude death rate Age-standardised death rate Crude Age-standardised
India (1380 million population) 15·8 (14·6 to 17·0) 18·9 (17·5 to 20·2) 15·9 (14·6 to 16·7) 17·2 (15·7 to 18·1) 0·2% (−9·4 to 10·3) −9·2% (−18·3 to −0·6)
Low SDI states (675 million population) 16·4 (14·4 to 18·1) 19·5 (17·4 to 21·4) 15·9 (14·8 to 16·9) 18·6 (17·1 to 19·9) −3·3% (−14·0 to 11·3) −4·6% (−15·7 to 8·8)
Bihar 11·1 (4·9 to 15·3) 13·2 (7·0 to 17·7) 11·4 (10·2 to 12·9) 14·4 (12·8 to 16·1) 2·8% (−26·7 to 135·1) 8·6% (−20·3 to 104·5)
Madhya Pradesh 13·9 (12·0 to 16·2) 16·3 (14·0 to 19·0) 16·1 (14·3 to 18·2) 18·5 (16·3 to 20·9) 15·6% (−5·5 to 38·4) 13·0% (−8·8 to 34·9)
Jharkhand 20·2 (12·8 to 25·7) 25·8 (18·1 to 32·1) 16·9 (15·2 to 18·8) 19·9 (18·0 to 22·0) −16·5% (−35·5 to 33·0) −22·9% (−39·0 to 10·7)
Uttar Pradesh 21·5 (18·9 to 24·2) 25·2 (22·1 to 28·4) 18·1 (16·2 to 20·3) 21·6 (19·2 to 24·4) −15·8% (−29·7 to −0·5) −14·0% (−28·2 to 1·4)
Rajasthan 16·6 (14·5 to 19·2) 20·3 (17·8 to 23·4) 17·0 (14·8 to 19·3) 19·8 (17·2 to 22·5) 2·3% (−16·2 to 22·3) −2·1% (−20·5 to 16·6)
Chhattisgarh 14·4 (11·9 to 17·8) 17·9 (14·8 to 22·2) 19·0 (15·6 to 21·7) 21·1 (17·3 to 24·0) 32·4% (−6·0 to 68·4) 18·3% (−17·2 to 50·0)
Odisha 11·1 (9·7 to 13·0) 12·7 (11·0 to 14·9) 14·3 (12·8 to 15·8) 14·8 (13·3 to 16·4) 28·3% (10·0 to 48·4) 17·0% (0·6 to 34·7)
Assam 12·1 (10·5 to 14·0) 14·6 (12·7 to 16·9) 11·9 (10·7 to 13·3) 13·6 (12·2 to 15·2) −1·6% (−16·5 to 17·0) −6·6% (−19·6 to 9·2)
Middle SDI states (387 million population) 14·3 (13·1 to 15·5) 17·3 (15·9 to 18·7) 14·9 (13·4 to 16·0) 15·3 (13·7 to 16·5) 4·2% (−7·6 to 16·2) −11·4% (−21·9 to −1·4)
Andhra Pradesh 14·7 (12·0 to 18·0) 17·6 (14·3 to 21·5) 15·9 (12·6 to 19·9) 15·8 (12·4 to 19·8) 7·6% (−16·7 to 40·9) −10·1% (−31·1 to 17·8)
West Bengal 14·4 (12·1 to 16·7) 18·0 (15·5 to 20·8) 12·2 (10·7 to 13·8) 12·6 (11·1 to 14·2) −15·3% (−10·3 to 14·7) −30·2% (−42·6 to −16·4)
Tripura 13·4 (10·8 to 17·1) 16·2 (13·1 to 20·6) 12·8 (10·2 to 16·2) 13·3 (10·8 to 16·6) −4·2% (−25·6 to 25·7) −17·8% (−35·7 to 6·6)
Arunachal Pradesh 16·2 (12·7 to 21·1) 21·0 (16·2 to 27·0) 10·6 (8·3 to 14·0) 14·2 (11·2 to 18·1) −34·4% (−49·5 to −8·7) −32·2% (−47·6 to −10·2)
Meghalaya 8·6 (6·9 to 10·6) 11·9 (9·6 to 14·5) 7·8 (6·3 to 9·9) 10·0 (8·2 to 12·4) −9·1% (−28·5 to 19·4) −15·5% (−33·1 to 8·8)
Karnataka 11·3 (10·0 to 12·9) 13·5 (12·0 to 15·3) 17·0 (13·5 to 19·3) 16·9 (13·6 to 19·2) 49·5% (15·1 to 78·8) 25·2% (−4·4 to 48·5)
Telangana 15·1 (12·2 to 18·8) 18·2 (14·8 to 22·5) 14·1 (11·1 to 17·7) 14·4 (11·4 to 17·9) −6·6% (−29·4 to 20·8) −21·3% (−40·6 to 2·0)
Gujarat 13·1 (11·5 to 14·7) 15·5 (13·7 to 17·4) 13·5 (12·1 to 15·0) 14·1 (12·7 to 15·5) 3·1% (−12·4 to 20·9) −9·6% (−22·6 to 6·0)
Manipur 15·3 (12·7 to 18·2) 20·0 (16·7 to 23·9) 18·4 (14·8 to 23·0) 21·2 (17·0 to 26·0) 20·4% (−4·3 to 53·7) 6·4% (−15·4 to 34·3)
Jammu and Kashmir 26·0 (21·3 to 30·7) 32·3 (26·6 to 38·1) 20·0 (17·2 to 22·8) 21·9 (18·7 to 24·9) −22·9% (−38·1 to −2·9) −32·2% (−45·3 to −14·8)
Haryana 17·5 (15·2 to 19·8) 20·9 (18·2 to 23·5) 20·5 (17·9 to 22·8) 21·9 (18·9 to 24·4) 16·6% (−2·3 to 40·7) 4·8% (−12·8 to 25·9)
High SDI states (318 million population) 16·6 (15·4 to 17·9) 19·5 (18·1 to 20·9) 17·0 (15·1 to 18·3) 16·6 (14·7 to 17·9) 2·5% (−10·3 to 14·7) −14·8% (−25·3 to −4·6)
Uttarakhand 26·9 (21·5 to 32·7) 35·7 (28·8 to 43·2) 24·8 (21·2 to 28·4) 26·3 (22·5 to 29·8) −7·6% (−28·0 to 19·2) −26·5% (−41·9 to −6·7)
Tamil Nadu 18·2 (16·0 to 20·5) 20·8 (18·4 to 23·4) 20·8 (18·4 to 23·0) 20·0 (17·7 to 22·1) 14·4% (−5·0 to 34·9) −3·6% (−20·1 to 13·3)
Mizoram 14·3 (11·5 to 17·6) 19·4 (15·7 to 23·8) 14·0 (11·1 to 17·4) 15·9 (12·7 to 19·5) −2·1% (−27·7 to 28·4) −17·8% (−39·0 to 6·5)
Maharashtra 16·0 (14·2 to 17·9) 18·9 (16·8 to 21·1) 13·6 (11·9 to 15·1) 13·6 (11·8 to 15·1) −14·7% (−27·5 to 1·4) −28·1% (−38·8 to −15·1)
Punjab 20·3 (17·7 to 23·1) 23·3 (20·4 to 26·6) 23·9 (20·8 to 26·9) 22·9 (20·0 to 25·7) 17·6% (−3·7 to 42·4) −1·7% (−18·9 to 17·8)
Sikkim 11·0 (8·1 to 15·3) 14·9 (11·1 to 20·4) 10·8 (8·8 to 13·4) 11·7 (9·4 to 14·4) −1·6% (−29·3 to 35·5) −21·3% (−42·6 to 6·8)
Nagaland 13·9 (11·2 to 17·0) 19·4 (15·5 to 23·5) 11·2 (8·6 to 14·2) 14·1 (10·8 to 17·7) −19·5% (−37·6 to 5·4) −27·3% (−44·5 to −5·2)
Himachal Pradesh 14·6 (12·7 to 16·8) 17·3 (15·0 to 19·9) 18·4 (14·3 to 21·4) 17·5 (13·8 to 20·4) 25·5% (−2·4 to 53·8) 1·2% (−20·9 to 23·0)
Union territories other than Delhi 10·7 (9·0 to 12·9) 13·7 (11·5 to 16·5) 13·3 (10·5 to 16·4) 14·0 (11·0 to 17·1) 24·8% (−1·2 to 58·1) 2·3% (−19·5 to 28·8)
Kerala 12·3 (10·7 to 14·1) 14·4 (12·7 to 16·5) 15·9 (13·3 to 18·1) 14·0 (11·7 to 15·8) 30·0% (4·7 to 56·5) −3·1% (−21·8 to 16·1)
Delhi 14·5 (11·8 to 17·5) 19·0 (15·7 to 22·9) 11·0 (9·1 to 12·7) 11·8 (9·8 to 13·6) −24·7% (−41·5 to −3·5) −38·2% (−51·7 to −22·3)
Goa 9·9 (8·2 to 11·8) 11·5 (9·6 to 13·7) 12·3 (9·5 to 15·3) 11·1 (8·7 to 13·8) 24·5% (−7·7 to 62·1) −3·0% (−28·1 to 26·2)

Data are death rate per 100 000 population, with 95% uncertainty interval in parentheses. States are listed in increasing order of SDI in 2017. SDI=Socio-demographic Index.