for FAEA students from North East. Presentation on 14th October at AJC Bose Auditorium

1. Public Health
A Snap Shot

3. Causes of Death
• Heart attack
• Bronchitis and asthma
• Anemia
• Pneumonia
• Tuberculosis
• Cancer
• Vehicular
• Suicides
• Paralysis

7. In Children
• Pneumonia
• Diarrhea
• Malnutrition
• Malaria
• Measles

9. Deaths in children aged 1-59 months
Pneumonia and diarrhoeal diseases account for 50% of all deaths in children aged 1-
59 months, and two-thirds of deaths in girls of the same age. Half of all these deaths are
in the Central region, where the MR is 18 for pneumonia and 14.5 for diarrhoeal
diseases. Data from a web-appendix with figures for major states reveals more positive
news for Tamil Nadu: MR due to pneumonia is only 2 and due to diarrhoea 5.1, some of
the lowest in the country (Kerala ranks first on both counts with 0.9 and 0.3 respectively).
Neonatal deaths
3 conditions result in 78% of all neonatal deaths: prematurity and low birth
weight, neonatal infections (pneumonia, sepsis and CNS infections)
and birth asphyxia.

10. Pneumonia
India in 2010 accounted for half the estimated number of global deaths from eight
main causes in children younger than five years. A recent study in The Lancet …In
all, there were nearly 1.7 million estimated deaths in India that year. With nearly
400,000 deaths, pneumonia turned out to be the top killer disease, followed by
diarrhoea causing more than 210,000 deaths.

11. Diarrhea of Mizoram, India
An outbreak of Eltor cholera in Aizwal town
An outbreak of Eltor cholera in Aizwal town of Mizoram, India.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11407007
by PG Sengupta - 2000 - Cited by 3 - Related articles
Diarrhea and Malaria Takes Serious Turn in Tripura’s Dhalai District
Northeast Today July 21, 2012
With the dry spell sweeping the hilly regions diarrhea and malaria have taken a serious
turn in rural parts of Dhalai district like previous years. Official sources said already 4
people including woman and children died since last five days. Death toll is likely to
increase as many as 40 patients are still admitted in Longtarai Valley Hospital, sources
added. “Diarrhea and Malaria are found among the patients after diagnosis”, said
officials from the District Medical Office, Dhalai today over telephone. Beside this,
malnutrition is another problem among the children. “The beds of local hospitals are full
of patients”, said Hospital officials, adding, “the situation might turn into a grave one in
the coming days if the scarcity of drinking water continues”.
In Long Tarai valley and Gandacherra, several medical teams were sent with medicine
by choppers. “Health camps are being organized regularly in the remote hamlets”, said
Chief Medical Officer (Dhalai). District Magistrate (Dhalai) Abhisekh Singh will visit the
affected villages soon. It is learnt that District administration is likely to provide water
resorvoirs to the affected villagers soon. “We drink water from the cherras and stream”,
complained some villagers. “Earlier, District administration had no role whatsoever in the
villages”, they added. “So far I learnt there is no report of any death in Kanchanpur sub

12. Malaria
Malaria-cases-escalate-in-Manipur
Sinlung Oct 25, 2010
Baby Lalrilu was sick and hospitalised at the Regional Institute of Medical
Sciences (RIMS) Hospital here on June 27 following a complaint of high fever
and unconsciousness.
But unfortunately Baby Lalrilu, the only daughter of a young Rongmei widow
Luma, 39, a resident of Langthabal Chingkhong village in Imphal West district,
passed away the following day.
The family of the child including grandmother Pantiguru, was unaware of the
cause of the death. “We still don’t know what kind of disease had attacked our
grandchild”, Pantiguru said.
The family and the State Health officials remain clueless about the cause of
the disease until the Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh and
National Centre for Disease Control , New Delhi confirmed that her blood
samples tested positive for Japanese encephalitis. Thus, the State Health
department’s surveillance report identified her as one of the victims of
Japanese Encephalitis outbreak in the State.
Read more:
http://www.sinlung.com/2010/10/malaria-cases-escalate-in-manipur.html#ixzz296FX

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14. Measles

15. Malnutrition / Anemia
photo of 1 year old Rama Paharia of Sundarpahari, Godda who is severely malnourished
weight 5.5 kg in Grade 3. The family has AAY card but says they have lifted grains only
3 times in 3 years. Their card was given as mortgagefor Rs 100 to one Phaguram
Paharia of the same village whohas not returned thje card since then as the family failed
to pay back Rs 100. ICDS does not function in the village in spite of regular fund
release.When taken to PHC no medicines were given and refered to Sadar

16. TB

18. After Kala azar

19. Heart Attack/ Cardiovascular
Bronchitis/ Asthma/ COPD

20. Cancer
Findings
7137 of 122 429 study deaths were due to cancer= 6%
A youngster living in India's northeast is four times more likely to develop and
succumb to cancer in his lifetime as compared to a youngster living in Bihar.
GovernanceNow.com |
18 Jun 2010 – Arunachal's anti-cancer yew trees under threat
Yews are a primary source of taxol used in treatment of ovarian and breast
cancers
Anti-cancer yew trees, Taxus, found in Arunanchal Pradesh are suffering
from the cancer of over-exploitation and are under threat of disappearance in
the absence of regulation, researchers point out.
Taxus or yews being a primary source of taxol used in the treatment of
ovarian and breast cancers and kaposi's sarcoma (an AIDS related cancer)
and over 20 such other indications is in huge demand in the pharma industry.
It has also its usage for coating of stents (anti-angiogenesis), alzheimer,
multiple-sclerosis and polycystic kidney disease.
According to an estimate a 20-year-old tree can yield up to 30 kg of leaves
and 5 kg of bark which in turn produces 4 gm of taxol priced at Rs 3 lakh.
The demand has taken a toll on this valuable natural resource leading to its
rapid disappearance, researchers found during a survey last year in the West

21. Suicides
Former Meghalaya speaker's bodyguard commits
suicide ...
www.nagalandpost.com › Regional
13 Sep 2012 – A bodyguard of former Meghalaya
speaker and sitting Congress legislator, Martin M
Danggo Thursday committed suicide, leaving behind one
...

22. Road Accidents
morth.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File761.pdf
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the number of road accidents per lakh of population was
highest in Goa (267), followed by. Puducherry (115) in
contrast to a low of 1.6 reported by Nagaland ...

23. Paralysis/ stroke