India Mortality Dataset

This repository will contain state and district-level data on all-cause mortality between 2018-2021. Mostly sourced from CRS. See data

Cite using Pratap Vardhan, India Mortality Dataset, statsofindia.in, 2021.

@misc{soipvimd,
  author = {Pratap Vardhan},
  title = {India Mortality Dataset},
  journal = {Stats of India},
  year = {2021},
  note = {https://github.com/statsofindia/india-mortality}
}

Data Coverage

Monthly data

State	District	Source	Note
Chandigarh	Chandigarh	CRS
Haryana	Haryana Districts	CRS
Himachal Pradesh	Himachal Pradesh Districts	CRS
Kerala	Kerala Districts	CRS
Maharashtra	Maharashtra Districts	CRS	6 districts poor coverage, comment 3
Punjab	-	CRS	No district data
West Bengal	West Bengal Districts	CRS	Low coverage districts. See data comments 1, 2
TBD	TBD	TBD

Data comments

1. West Bengal: (Darjeeling , Jhargram, Kalimpong, North Twenty Four Parganas, Paschim Medinipur) have less coverage on CRS
2. West Bengal: Kolkata doesn't gender breakup
3. Maharashtra: Pune, Satara, Sangli, Yavatmal, Sindhudurg and Gondiya have poor coverage

In Media

News stories reported using this data

• Excess deaths in Haryana seven times official COVID-19 toll - Srinivasan Ramani, The Hindu
• Himachal Pradesh ‘excess deaths’ twice the official COVID-19 toll - The Hindu

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