Table 2

Comparisons of data from local mortality records* with data from annual CRS reports for 2018–2020 for 14 states of India

State201820192020CRS 2019 data completeness (%)
LocalCRS% diffLocalCRS% diffLocalCRS% diffORGI est* (both sexes)Alternate est† (M/F)
Andhra Pradesh333 275375 777-11363 414401 472-9428 907455 000-610094/85
Assam State142 605142 6050163 057163 0570187 085187 08507478/49
Bihar182 926213 989-15351 248359 349-2387 521425 047-95248/35
GujaratNA433 256NA86 410‡462 284NA523 892NA10092/89
Haryana178 634185 842-4183 795188 910-3198 903212 238-610090/79
Himachal Pradesh40 13341 833-440 97043 633-642 41644 449-58691/79
Karnataka368 000483 511--24NA508 584NA544 000551 808-110096/88
Kerala255 594258 530-1264 150270 567-2252 421250 983110098/97
Madhya Pradesh407 172424 257-4449 819493 328-9461 057524 454-128980/67
Maharashtra426 489667 900-36462 028693 800-33565 185808 783-3010090/82
Rajasthan216 370443 173-51219 814451 315-51229 564477 151-529987/71
Tamil Nadu536 192574 006-7588 221633 897-7644 291687 212-610098/95
Uttar PradeshNA906 653NA771 383944 596-18791 485873 419-96360/54
West Bengal361 330490 530-26431 531551 695-22509 325606 714-1610089/81
Total3 087 3904 244 679-273 172 9264 670 196-323 941 3505 148 102-239281/72
  • *Source: Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.19

  • †Source: Rao et al.20

  • ‡Data for Gujarat state was available only for only 3 months during 2019.

  • §Sources: The Hindu, Jha et al, Banaji and Gupta.9 11 13

  • CRS, Civil Registration System; ORGI, Office of the Registrar General of India.