Rise of Clinical Trials Industry in India: An Analysis

Table 4

Tope 10 causes of death in India (ages: <1 yr, 1–4 yrs, and 25 to 69 yrs as %), 2001–2003, all India.

<1 year (infants)	1 to 4 yrs	25 to 69 yrs
(i) Perinatal conditions (46%); (ii) Respiratory infections (22%); (iii) Diarrheal diseases (10%); (iv) Other infectious and parasitic diseases (8%); (v) Congenital anomalies (3.1%); (vi) Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions (3%),; (vii) Nutritional deficiencies (2%); (viii) Unintentional injuries: other (1.4%); (ix) Malaria (1.1%); (x) Fever of unknown origin (0.9%)	(i) Diarrheal diseases (24%); (ii) Respiratory infections (23%); (iii) Other infectious and parasitic diseases (16%); (iv) Unintentional injuries: other (8%); (v) Malaria (7%); (vi) Nutritional deficiencies (4.8%); (viii) Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions (4.5%); (ix) Fever of unknown origin (3%); (x) Digestive Diseases (1.7% ); (xi) Congenital anomalies (1.5%)	(i) Cardiovascular diseases (25%); (ii) COPD, asthma, other respiratory (10.2%); (iii) Tuberculosis (10.1%); (iv) Malignant and other neoplasms (9%); (v) Symptoms signs and ill-defined conditions (5.3%); (vi) Digestive diseases (5.1%); (vii) Diarrhoeal diseases (5%); (vii) Unintentional injuries: Other (4.6%); (ix) Intentional self-harm or suicide (3%); (x) Malaria (2.8%)

Source: Registrar General of India, 2009 [78].