Lok Sabha Question No. 1861 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-06
Subject: Deaths due to Communicable Diseases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Anup Sanjay Dhotre

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1861 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2024

## DEATHS DUE TO COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

## 1861: SHRI ANUP SANJAY DHOTRE

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

- (a) whether the Government has made any assessment to ascertain the number of deaths caused due to communicable diseases accounted since 2021 in the country in comparison to the other factors/causes;
- (b) if so, the details in this regard, State/UT-wise particularly in Maharashtra;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to identify the bottlenecks and patterns of communicable diseases in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard ?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT ANUPRIYAPATEL)

- (a) to (d) With an aim to strengthen disease surveillance in the country, Union Health Ministry has launched Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme in 2004 to detect and respond to epidemic- prone disease.

As reported by State/ UTs , details of deaths due to communicable disease in India including States of Maharastra is placed at Annexure-I, Covid 19 deaths at Annexure-II , H1N1 at Annexure III and Viral Hepatitis at Annexure-IV.

- (e) Under National Health Mission (NHM) funds are released to States/UTs under flexible pools on a lump sum basis to provide greater flexibility to States/UTs to utilize the funds as per their felt need and priorities. Financial support is provided to the States/UTs for implementation of these programmes, on the basis of their proposals in Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs).

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare provides technical and financial supports to States/UTs through various schemes including National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme (NVBDCP), National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) and National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme (NVHCP) under the aegis of National Health Mission (NHM) to prevent and control various communicable diseases.

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Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1861 for answer on 06.12.2024.

| States /UTs wise Deaths*                     | AES   | reported Chickenpox   | since Dengue   | the Human Rabies   | Year Leptospiros is   | 2021 Malaria   | in Measles   | IDSP Meningitis   | as on Others   | date Pertussis   | SARI Scrub   | 03.12.2024. typhus   | Typhoid   |
|----------------------------------------------|-------|-----------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------|----------------------|-----------|
| States/UTs Andaman &Nicobar Islands          | 0     | 0                     | 0              | 0                  | 1                     | 0              | 0            | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0            | 0                    | 0         |
| Andhra Pradesh                               | 0     | 0                     | 1              | 78                 | 0                     | 11             | 0            | 0                 | 8              | 0                | 1            | 0                    | 1         |
| Arunachal Pradesh                            | 0     | 0                     | 0              | 0                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 0                 | 40             | 0                | 0            | 0                    | 0         |
| Assam                                        | 20 8  | 3                     | 9              | 8                  | 2                     | 3              | 0            | 0                 | 28             | 0                | 0            | 4                    | 0         |
| Bihar                                        | 1     | 3                     | 95             | 5                  | 0                     | 3              | 1            | 0                 | 8              | 0                | 1            | 1                    | 36        |
| Chandigarh                                   | 0     | 0                     | 1              | 0                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0            | 0                    | 0         |
| Chhatisgarh                                  | 4     | 0                     | 0              | 2                  | 0                     | 3              | 0            | 2                 | 12             | 0                | 10           | 1                    | 0         |
| Delhi                                        | 0     | 0                     | 18 8           | 0                  | 0                     | 8              | 0            | 6                 | 29             | 0                | 6            | 0                    | 5         |
| Goa                                          | 0     | 0                     | 0              | 0                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 1            | 0                    | 0         |
| Gujarat                                      | 18    | 1                     | 18             | 10                 | 1                     | 11             | 10           | 12                | 19             | 1                | 10 4         | 0                    | 6         |
| Haryana                                      | 0     | 0                     | 8              | 0                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 0                 | 2              | 0                | 0            | 0                    | 3         |
| Himachal Pradesh                             | 0     | 1                     | 1              | 3                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 1                 | 26             | 0                | 0            | 49                   | 0         |
| Jammu And Kashmir                            | 5     | 0                     | 29             | 7                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 7                 | 53             | 0                | 64           | 1                    | 1         |
| Jharkhand                                    | 0     | 0                     | 8              | 3                  | 0                     | 2              | 0            | 0                 | 9              | 0                | 9            | 0                    | 0         |
| Karnataka                                    | 1     | 1                     | 58             | 59                 | 8 10                  | 9              | 1            | 0                 | 31             | 0                | 24           | 0                    | 2         |
| Kerala                                       | 8     | 3                     | 56             | 9                  | 3                     | 3              | 1            | 9                 | 10 1           | 0                | 27           | 12                   | 0         |
| Ladakh                                       | 0     | 0                     | 0              | 0                  | 0                     | 1              | 0            | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0            | 0                    | 0         |
| Lakshadweep                                  | 0     | 0                     | 0              | 0                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0            | 0                    | 0         |
| Madhya Pradesh                               | 1     | 0                     | 17             | 0                  | 1                     | 13             | 0            | 0                 | 23             | 0                | 1            | 0                    | 5         |
| Maharashtra                                  | 3     | 2                     | 15 3           | 42                 | 46                    | 34             | 13           | 0                 | 10             | 0                | 21           | 5                    | 2         |
| Manipur                                      | 0     | 0                     | 10             | 1                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 0                 | 81             | 0                | 4            | 2                    | 0         |
| Meghalaya                                    | 1     | 0                     |                |                    | 0                     | 3              | 0            | 0                 | 6              | 0                | 0            | 0                    | 0         |
| Mizoram                                      | 0     | 0                     | 1 1            | 20 0               | 0                     | 10             | 0            | 1                 | 17             | 0                | 1            | 4                    | 1         |
| Nagaland                                     | 0     | 0                     | 13             | 0                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 1                 | 3              | 0                | 0            | 4                    | 1         |
| Odisha                                       | 0     | 0                     | 0              | 0                  | 0                     | 5              | 0            | 0                 | 5              | 0                | 0            | 0                    | 1         |
| Puducherry                                   | 0     | 0                     | 8              | 0                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 0                 | 2              | 0                | 5            | 0                    | 0         |
| Punjab                                       | 0     | 2                     | 3              | 0                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 0                 | 3              | 0                | 0            | 0                    | 0         |
| Rajasthan                                    | 0     | 0                     | 22             | 0                  | 0                     | 43             | 0            | 0                 | 16             | 0                | 3            | 8                    | 46        |
| Sikkim                                       | 1     | 0                     | 1              | 0                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 0                 | 78             | 0                | 1            | 1                    | 0         |
| Tamil Nadu                                   | 2     | 2                     | 33             | 65                 | 3                     | 1              | 0            | 0                 | 19             | 0                | 0            | 3                    | 0         |
| Telangana                                    | 0     | 0                     | 2              | 0                  | 0                     | 2              | 0            | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0            | 0                    | 0         |
| The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 0     | 0                     | 0              | 0                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0            |                      | 0         |
|                                              |       | 0                     |                |                    |                       |                | 0            |                   |                |                  |              | 0                    |           |
| Tripura                                      | 3     |                       | 1              | 0                  | 0                     | 3              |              | 0                 | 62             | 0                | 1            | 0                    | 0         |
| Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh                    | 0 1   | 0                     | 1              | 0                  | 0                     | 0              | 0            | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0            | 0                    | 0         |
|                                              |       | 0 0                   | 31             | 0                  | 2                     | 47             | 0            | 0                 | 65             | 0                | 1            | 0                    | 8         |
| West Bengal                                  | 3     |                       | 7              | 0                  | 0                     | 9              | 0            | 0                 | 5              | 0                | 2            | 1                    | 0         |
| Grand Total                                  | 26 0  | 18                    | 77 6           | 31 2               | 16 7                  | 22 4           | 26           | 39                | 76 1           | 1                | 28 7         | 96                   | 118       |

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1861 for answer on 06.12.2024.

| States/UTs wise Covid-19 Deaths reported since 01st Jan 2021 to 02nd Dec 2024   | States/UTs wise Covid-19 Deaths reported since 01st Jan 2021 to 02nd Dec 2024   | States/UTs wise Covid-19 Deaths reported since 01st Jan 2021 to 02nd Dec 2024   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.no.                                                                           | State/UTs Name                                                                  |                                                                                 |
| 1                                                                               | A&NIslands                                                                      | 67                                                                              |
| 2                                                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                                                  | 7629                                                                            |
| 3                                                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                                                               | 240                                                                             |
| 4                                                                               | Assam                                                                           | 6995                                                                            |
| 5                                                                               | Bihar                                                                           | 10922                                                                           |
| 6                                                                               | Chandigarh                                                                      | 870                                                                             |
| 7                                                                               | Chhattisgarh                                                                    | 10855                                                                           |
| 8                                                                               | Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu                                        | 2                                                                               |
| 9                                                                               | Delhi                                                                           | 16178                                                                           |
| 10                                                                              | Goa                                                                             | 3277                                                                            |
| 11                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                         | 6799                                                                            |
| 12                                                                              | Haryana                                                                         | 7888                                                                            |
| 13                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                                | 3316                                                                            |
| 14                                                                              | J &K(UT)                                                                        | 2913                                                                            |
| 15                                                                              | Jharkhand                                                                       | 4310                                                                            |
| 16                                                                              | Karnataka                                                                       | 28330                                                                           |
| 17                                                                              | Kerala                                                                          | 69095                                                                           |
| 18                                                                              | Ladakh                                                                          | 104                                                                             |
| 19                                                                              | Lakshadweep                                                                     | 52                                                                              |
| 20                                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                                                  | 7192                                                                            |
| 21                                                                              | Maharashtra                                                                     | 99139                                                                           |
| 22                                                                              | Manipur                                                                         | 1795                                                                            |
| 23                                                                              | Meghalaya                                                                       | 1489                                                                            |
| 24                                                                              | Mizoram                                                                         | 726                                                                             |
| 25                                                                              | Nagaland                                                                        | 703                                                                             |
| 26                                                                              | Odisha                                                                          | 7344                                                                            |
| 27                                                                              | Puducherry                                                                      | 1349                                                                            |
| 28                                                                              | Punjab                                                                          | 15269                                                                           |
| 29                                                                              | Rajashthan                                                                      | 7057                                                                            |
| 30                                                                              | Sikkim                                                                          | 374                                                                             |
| 31                                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                                                      | 25977                                                                           |
| 32                                                                              | Telangana                                                                       | 2570                                                                            |
| 33                                                                              | Tripura                                                                         | 558                                                                             |
| 34                                                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                                                   | 15387                                                                           |
| 35                                                                              | Uttarakhand                                                                     | 6274                                                                            |
| 36                                                                              | West Bengal                                                                     | 11875                                                                           |
| Grand Total                                                                     | Grand Total                                                                     | 384920                                                                          |

Source-Integrated Diseases Surveillance Programme, NCDC, Delhi.

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1861 for answer on 06.12.2024.

| States /UTs wise H1N1 Deaths reported during 2020-2024*   | States /UTs wise H1N1 Deaths reported during 2020-2024*   |   States /UTs wise H1N1 Deaths reported during 2020-2024* |   States /UTs wise H1N1 Deaths reported during 2020-2024* |   States /UTs wise H1N1 Deaths reported during 2020-2024* | States /UTs wise H1N1 Deaths reported during 2020-2024*   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                    | States/UTs                                                |                                                      2021 |                                                      2022 |                                                      2023 | 2024* (As on 31-08 -2024)                                 |
| 1                                                         | Andaman &Nicobar                                          |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 2                                                         | Andhra Pradesh                                            |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 3                                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                                         |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 4                                                         | Assam                                                     |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 3                                                         |
| 5                                                         | Bihar                                                     |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 6                                                         | Chandigarh                                                |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 7                                                         | Chhattisgarh                                              |                                                         1 |                                                         4 |                                                         9 | 18                                                        |
| 8                                                         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                       |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 9                                                         | Daman &Diu                                                |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 10                                                        | Delhi                                                     |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 11                                                        | Goa                                                       |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 12                                                        | Gujarat                                                   |                                                         2 |                                                        71 |                                                         3 | 33                                                        |
| 13                                                        | Haryana                                                   |                                                         0 |                                                        12 |                                                         4 | 26                                                        |
| 14                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                          |                                                         0 |                                                         1 |                                                         1 | 3                                                         |
| 15                                                        | Jammu &Kashmir %                                          |                                                         0 |                                                         3 |                                                         0 | 1                                                         |
| 16                                                        | Jharkhand                                                 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 17                                                        | Karnataka                                                 |                                                         0 |                                                        15 |                                                         0 | 6                                                         |
| 18                                                        | Kerala                                                    |                                                         0 |                                                         7 |                                                        57 | 52                                                        |
| 19                                                        | Lakshadweep                                               |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 20                                                        | Madhya Pradesh                                            |                                                         1 |                                                         2 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 21                                                        | Maharashtra                                               |                                                         2 |                                                       215 |                                                        32 | 36                                                        |
| 22                                                        | Manipur                                                   |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 23                                                        | Meghalaya                                                 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 24                                                        | Mizoram                                                   |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 25                                                        | Nagaland                                                  |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 26                                                        | Odisha                                                    |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 27                                                        | Puducherry                                                |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 28                                                        | Punjab                                                    |                                                         0 |                                                        42 |                                                         4 | 41                                                        |
| 29                                                        | Rajasthan                                                 |                                                         1 |                                                        11 |                                                         0 | 12                                                        |
| 30                                                        | Sikkim                                                    |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 31                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                |                                                         0 |                                                        25 |                                                        19 | 2                                                         |
| 32                                                        | Telangana                                                 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 33                                                        | Tripura                                                   |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 0                                                         |
| 34                                                        | Uttarakhand                                               |                                                         0 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 1                                                         |
| 35                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                             |                                                         1 |                                                         2 |                                                         0 | 3                                                         |
| 36                                                        | West Bengal                                               |                                                         4 |                                                         0 |                                                         0 | 2                                                         |
| Cumulative Total                                          | Cumulative Total                                          |                                                        12 |                                                       410 |                                                       129 | 239                                                       |

Source-Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, NCDC, Delhi.

%: Also includes Ladakh UT data.

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1861 for answer on 06.12.2024.

State/UT wise death due to viral hepatitis (A, B, C & E)

|   S. No | Name of State / UTs      | FY2021- 22 to FY 2024-25 (April - September 2024)   |
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0                                                   |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh           | 32                                                  |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0                                                   |
|       4 | Assam                    | 10                                                  |
|       5 | Bihar                    | Not available                                       |
|       6 | Chandigarh               | 0                                                   |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh             | 41                                                  |
|       8 | Delhi                    | 86                                                  |
|       9 | DNH&DD                   | Not available                                       |
|      10 | Goa                      | 0                                                   |
|      11 | Gujarat                  | 479                                                 |
|      12 | Haryana                  | 30                                                  |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh         | 66                                                  |
|      14 | Jammu &Kashmir           | 0                                                   |
|      15 | Jharkhand                | 8                                                   |
|      16 | Karnataka                | 0                                                   |
|      17 | Kerala                   | 104                                                 |
|      18 | Ladakh                   | 7                                                   |
|      19 | Lakshadweep              | Not available                                       |
|      20 | Madhya Pradesh           | 509                                                 |
|      21 | Maharashtra              | 328                                                 |
|      22 | Manipur                  | 50                                                  |
|      23 | Meghalaya                | 37                                                  |
|      24 | Mizoram                  | 45                                                  |
|      25 | Nagaland                 | 62                                                  |
|      26 | Odisha                   | 16                                                  |
|      27 | Puducherry               | 0                                                   |
|      28 | Punjab                   | 41                                                  |
|      29 | Rajasthan                | 309                                                 |
|      30 | Sikkim                   | 0                                                   |
|      31 | Tamil Nadu               | 160                                                 |
|      32 | Telangana                | 0                                                   |
|      33 | Tripura                  | 6                                                   |
|      34 | Uttar Pradesh            | 392                                                 |
|      35 | Uttarakhand              | 7                                                   |
|      36 | West Bengal              | 226                                                 |

Source: NVHCP- Based on inputs received from States.