Unintentional injury mortality in India, 2005: Nationally representative mortality survey of 1.1 million homes

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Comparison of national injury death rates, per 100 000 populations from present study and other sources

Causes	Present study, 2005	WHO/ GBD, 2004	National Crime Registration Bureau (NCRB), 2005
Road traffic injuries (V01-V89,V99)	16.5	18.1	10.7
Falls (W00-W19)	14.3	8.5	0.8
Drowning (W65-W74)	6.4	6.3	2.1
Fires (X00-X09)	3.0	13.2	1.7
Poisoning* (X40-X49)	0.6	7.0	1.9*
Others unintentional injuries ^†	6.3	22.2	2.8
Unintentional injuries V01-X59, Y40-Y86, Y88, Y89 (Number of deaths)	58.0 (648 000)	75.5 (841 699)	26.7 (294 175)

*Poisoning deaths are defined differently by NCRB and includes deaths contact with venomous plants and animals and poisoning due to other agents like chemicals, liquor.
^†Varying codes are included are used from all three sources. Present study “Others” codes include codes V90-V98, W75-W84, X10-X19, X50-X59, W85-W99, X40-X49, Y40-Y86, Y88. The WHO “Others” codes include V90-V98, W20-W64, W75-W99, X10-X39, X50-X59, Y40-Y86, Y88,Y89. Codes for “Others” by NCRB were not defined but excluded transport accidents, drowning, explosions, falls, and fires and poisoning.

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