Demographics: Year- and Gender-wise Number of Medically Certified Deaths by Major Disease Groups, as per MCCD
The dataset contains year- and gender-wise number of medically certified deaths from the total registered deaths with Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD). The MCCD is a system that medically certifies the registered deaths, under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969.
The major groups of diseases covered in the dataset include Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium, Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes, Codes for Special Purposes, Neoplasms, Mental and Behavioural Disorders, Diseases of Blood and Blood Forming Organs and Certain Disorders Involving the Immune Mechanism, Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period, Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Diseases of the Digestive System, Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue, Genitourinary System, Nervous System, Eye and Adnexa, Ear and Mastoid, Circulatory System, Respiratory System
Demographics: Year- and Gender-wise Number of Medically Certified Deaths by Major Disease Groups, as per MCCD
The dataset contains year- and gender-wise number of medically certified deaths from the total registered deaths with Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD). The MCCD is a system that medically certifies the registered deaths, under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969.
The major groups of diseases covered in the dataset include Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium, Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes, Codes for Special Purposes, Neoplasms, Mental and Behavioural Disorders, Diseases of Blood and Blood Forming Organs and Certain Disorders Involving the Immune Mechanism, Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period, Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Diseases of the Digestive System, Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue, Genitourinary System, Nervous System, Eye and Adnexa, Ear and Mastoid, Circulatory System, Respiratory System
Rows: 1018
Columns: 8
Time period: 2008 to 2024
Last Updated: 10 August 2026
Data preview
year
state
major_group_number
disease_group
gender
value
unit
note
2024
All India
I
Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99)
Female
67371
value in absolute number
2024
All India
I
Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99)
Male
103999
value in absolute number
2024
All India
I
Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99)
Total
171381
value in absolute number
2024
All India
II
Neoplasms (C00-D48)
Female
46707
value in absolute number
2024
All India
II
Neoplasms (C00-D48)
Male
55813
value in absolute number
2024
All India
II
Neoplasms (C00-D48)
Total
102520
value in absolute number
2024
All India
III
Diseases of Blood and Blood Forming Organs and Certain Disorders Involving the Immune Mechanism (D50-D89)
Female
13014
value in absolute number
2024
All India
III
Diseases of Blood and Blood Forming Organs and Certain Disorders Involving the Immune Mechanism (D50-D89)
Male
13148
value in absolute number
2024
All India
III
Diseases of Blood and Blood Forming Organs and Certain Disorders Involving the Immune Mechanism (D50-D89)
Total
26162
value in absolute number
2024
All India
IV
Endocrine Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89)
The calendar year to which the medically certified deaths data pertains.
state
String
1
1018
The geographic coverage of the record; figures are reported at the All India level.
major_group_number
String
21
967
The Roman numeral code of the ICD major disease group (chapter) that the cause of death belongs to.
disease_group
String
21
1018
The broad disease group (ICD chapter) under which the cause of death is classified, shown with its ICD code range.
gender
String
3
1018
The gender category for the reported deaths: male, female, or the combined total.
value
Float64
973
1016
The number of medically certified deaths recorded for the given year, disease group, and gender.
unit
String
1
1018
The unit of measurement for the reported figure, expressed as an absolute number of deaths.
note
String
1
0
Supplementary remarks or footnotes associated with the data record.
Citation
Ministry of Home Affairs. (2026). Demographics: Year- and Gender-wise Number of Medically Certified Deaths by Major Disease Groups, as per MCCD [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/21512