MEDICAL CERTIFICATION OF CAUSE OF DEATH (MCCD) REPORT
May 27, 2022
The first year of COVID-19 lockdown saw the highest incidence of deaths from respiratory illnesses in a decade, the 2020 report on medical certification of cause of death (MCCD) compiled by the Registrar-General of India (RGI) says.
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As many as 1,81,160 deaths were due to respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, asthma and bronchitis, higher than the 1,52,311 in 2019 from those causes.
The certified deaths are other than those caused by COVID-19, also a respiratory disease that has been separately recorded in the report as “Deaths reported under Codes for Special Purposes (COVID-19 Deaths)”.
At 1,60,618 deaths, the report said, this newly introduced major group is the third leading cause, recording 8.9% of the total medically certified deaths at the national level. The Union Health Ministry, however, reported 1.49 lakh COVID-19 deaths in 2020.
The total number of deaths from all causes in 2020 was 81.2 lakh. The highest number of people died of diseases of the circulatory system.
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