Hepatitis B in India

Hepatitis B in India
According to the latest WHO data published in 2017.

Number of deaths: 43,284 (0.49%)
Death Rate (Deaths per 100,000 population): 3.93
Cause of death world rank: 3.
Hepatitis B, listed as the underlying cause of death, accounts for nearly 43,284 deaths in India. That’s about 1 of every 204 deaths in India.
About 119 people die of Hepatitis B each day, an average of 1 death every 13 minutes.

Demographic Summary

	Value	World Rank
Population total	1,281,935,911	2
Sex ratio m / f	1.08	11
Population 0-14	27.3%	84
Population 15-64	66.4%	71
Population 65 +	6.2%	98

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Causes of death in India.

Hepatitis B Death Rate by Country.

Hepatitis B

per 100,000 population LOW HIGH

	Country	Rate
1	Sierra Leone	5.68
2	Cote d Ivoire	4.74
3	India	3.93
4	Bhutan	3.56
5	Burkina Faso	3.52
6	Chad	3.18
7	Guinea	2.96
8	Benin	2.88
9	Nigeria	2.83
10	Togo	2.80
11	Cameroon	2.72
14	Mali	2.57
15	Syria	2.54
16	Gambia	2.46
18	Ghana	2.37
19	Guinea-Bissau	2.29
20	Nepal	2.28
21	Comoros	2.27
22	Indonesia	2.26
23	Senegal	2.21
25	Niger	2.11
28	Tanzania	2.02
30	Morocco	2.01
32	Liberia	1.91
34	Bahrain	1.88
35	Brunei	1.74