(a) whether India had about 4 lakh deaths due to AIDS during the previous year, which is the highest in the world as reported in the Indian Express dated June 13, 2006;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the number of AIDS deaths, State-wise and year-wise during
the last three years till date?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)
(a) to (c): No, Sir. Statement of reported deaths due to AIDS,
state-wise, year-wise for the last three years to 2006(June) is
annexed. Figures for 2006 are provisional.
Annexure
STATEMENT INDICATING THE REPORTED NUMBER OF DEATHS DUE
TO AIDS SINCE INCEPTION (1993 - JUNE, 2006)
S.No State Cumulat ive figure 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total (1993- (June) 2000)
1 A&N 16 3 4 5 3 5 0 36 Island 2 Andhra 45 53 36 185 237 229 22 807 Pd. 3 Arunachal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pd. 4 Assam 9 0 2 0 1 0 0 12 5 Bihar 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 38 6 Chandigarh 21 29 22 19 19 27 19 156 7 Chattisgarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 D & N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Haveli 9 Daman & 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Diu 10 Delhi 142 27 32 29 6 46 6 288 11 Goa 14 15 14 20 22 85 0 170 12 Gujarat 43 20 83 62 30 92 11 341 13 Haryana 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 14 Himachal 2 0 5 23 13 26 2 71 Pd. 15 Jharkhand 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 16 J & K 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Karanataka 116 27 40 27 28 172 0 410 18 Kerala 152 120 139 120 0 0 0 531 19 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Mahdya 49 6 3 2 10 15 7 92 Pd. 21 Maharashtra 681 354 404 415 338 194 63 2449 22 Manipur 147 51 73 133 0 0 9 413 23 Meghalaya 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 24 Mizoram 7 0 5 11 21 0 0 44 25 Nagaland 54 28 35 51 82 3 0 253 26 Orissa 13 1 19 79 56 0 168 27 Pondicherry 35 0 7 0 0 0 0 42 28 Punjab 76 12 2 0 0 13 5 108 29 Rajasthan 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 30 Sikkim 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 31 Tamil 522 249 285 351 297 187 0 1891 Nadu 32 Tripura 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 33 Uttar 37 15 4 23 7 0 0 86 Pradesh 34 Uttaranchal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 West 39 27 48 62 0 0 0 176 Bengal Total 2346 1039 1265 1620 1170 1094 155 8689