Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year wise and cause wise breakup of the deaths of prisoners due to illness in Indian jails. The illnesses are classified by heart, lung, liver, kidney, HIV, cancer, TB, paralysis, cholera/diarrhea, schizophrenia with epilpsy, brain hemorrhage, intestine perforation, drugs or alcohol withdrawal and others.

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Sectors

Home Affairs and Enforcement

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Year, Cause

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

120

Number of Columns

Sources

Prison Statistics India, NCRB

Time Period

2016 to 2023

Units

value in absolute number

Last Updated

February, 2026

Data Preview

year	state	cause	sub_cause	value	unit
2023	All India	Illness	HIV	37	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Illness	Kidney	76	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Illness	TB	86	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Illness	Cancer	90	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Illness	Heart	514	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Illness	Liver	102	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Illness	Lung	276	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Drugs/ Alcohol Withdrawal	Total	39	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Intestine Perforation	Total	11	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Total	Total	1729	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	8	8	Int64	120
state	1	1	String	120
cause	10	10	String	120
sub_cause	12	12	String	120
value	87	87	Float64	120
unit	1	1	String	120
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Deaths Due to Illness (Natural Deaths) in Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/23035

NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Deaths Due to Illness (Natural Deaths) in Jails