Lok Sabha Question No. 949 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-18
Subject: Acute Respiratory Infection
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Jyotirmay Singh Mahato

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 949 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th SEPTEMBER, 2020

## ACUTE RESPIRATORY IN FECTION

## 949. SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  Government  has  noted  that  the  number of  deaths  due  to  Acute  Respiratory Distress  Syndrome (ARDS)  in  West  Bengal  during  the  year  2014  to  2019  was more  in comparison to the othe r States/UTs; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) & (b): As per National Health Profile, the number of deaths due to Acute Respirat Infection  in  the  country,  State/UT - wise,  during  the  year  2014  to  2018  are  available  and placed at Annexure. Data for 2019 is not available. From comparison of available da W est Bengal with other States, it may be seen that State of Uttar Pradesh has sligh deaths than West Bengal.  However, no reasons for relatively higher death in West Be vis - à- vis other States can be given, as it is a clinical condition.

Annexu re State/UT - wise deaths due to Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) reported during the years 2014 -2018

| S. No.   | State /U.T        | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   | 2018 (Provisional)   |
|----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 144    | 133    | 95     | 338    | 587                  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 3      | 7      | 4      | 3      | 0                    |
| 3        | Assam             | 72     | 81     | 200    | 225    | 261                  |
| 4        | Bihar             | 53     | 40     | 17     | 36     | 2                    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 73     | 62     | 19     | 13     | 15                   |
| 6        | Goa               | 1      | 0      | 4      | 30     | 53                   |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 0      | 27     | 16     | 0      | 3                    |
| 8        | Haryana           | 18     | 36     | 34     | 27     | 38                   |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 226    | 205    | 166    | 182    | 145                  |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0      | 5      | 3      | 4      | 0                    |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 3      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 10                   |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 39     | 16     | 99     | 73     | 109                  |
| 13       | Kerala            | 27     | 38     | 14     | 13     | 35                   |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 195    | 161    | 185    | 109    | 87                   |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 1      | 18     | 20     | 4      | 10                   |
| 16       | Manipur           | 24     | 22     | 21     | 23     | 28                   |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 5      | 7      | 2      | 8      | 6                    |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 43     | 59     | 68     | 36     | 45                   |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 0      | 1      | 0      | 23     | 6                    |
| 20       | Odisha            | 131    | 127    | 95     | 111    | 58                   |
| 21       | Punjab            | 35     | 71     | 24     | 24     | 24                   |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 108    | 96     | 63     | 19     | 25                   |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 7      | 36     | 43     | 8      | 18                   |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 14     | 2      | 1      | 38     | 65                   |
| 25       | Telangana         | *NA    | 123    | 110    | 26     | 0                    |
| 26       | Tripura           | 51     | 4      | 7      | 21     | 18                   |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | 89     | 77     | 79     | 71     | 86                   |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     | 619    | 665    | 868    | 897    | 699                  |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 625    | 554    | 638    | 451    | 732                  |
| 30       | A & N Islands     | 0      | 4      | 4      | 2      | 7                    |
| 31       | Chandigarh        | 8      | 36     | 27     | 37     | 35                   |
| 32       | D & N Haveli      | 3      | 12     | 13     | 16     | 8                    |
| 33       | Daman & Diu       | 4      | 8      | 0      | 0      | 0                    |
| 34       | Delhi             | 106    | 133    | 210    | 357    | 492                  |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0                    |
| 36       | Puducherry        | 2      | 26     | 15     | 29     | 33                   |
|          | Total             | 2,729  | 2,893  | 3,164  | 3,254  | 3,740                |

Source:

Monthly Health Condition Reports from Directorate of Health Services of States/UTs