Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year wise, state 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, State, Cause

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of Rows

4440

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	Odisha	Illness	Paralysis	0	value in absolute number
2023	Puducherry	Illness	HIV	0	value in absolute number
2023	Chhattisgarh	Illness	Cancer	7	value in absolute number
2023	Bihar	Illness	Cancer	4	value in absolute number
2023	Assam	Illness	Cancer	3	value in absolute number
2023	Arunachal Pradesh	Illness	Cancer	0	value in absolute number
2023	Andhra Pradesh	Illness	Cancer	0	value in absolute number
2023	All India	Illness	HIV	37	value in absolute number
2023	Lakshadweep	Illness	HIV	0	value in absolute number
2023	Uttarakhand	Illness	HIV	0	value in absolute number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	8	8	Int64	4440
state	39	39	String	4440
cause	10	10	String	4440
sub_cause	12	12	String	4440
value	162	162	Float64	4353
unit	1	1	String	4440
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year, State and Cause wise Number of Deaths Due to Illness (Natural Deaths) in Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/23036

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