Only a portion of the deaths registered annually get medically certified. The annual report on Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) gives the share of deaths medically certified as compared to the total registered deaths. This has been captured in the dataset.
Last UpdatedMay, 2025
| year | state | category | value | unit | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | All India | Total Registered Deaths | 10224506 | value in absolute number | |
| 2021 | All India | Total Medically Certified Deaths | 2395128 | value in absolute number | |
| 2020 | All India | Total Registered Deaths | 8062070 | value in absolute number | |
| 2020 | All India | Total Medically Certified Deaths | 1811688 | value in absolute number | |
| 2019 | All India | Total Registered Deaths | 7596849 | value in absolute number |
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Number of Medically Certified Causes of Death [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/168
