Pneumonia claims 143 lives in Mizoram in 2009

Aizawl, March 30 : Pneumonia has claimed 143 lives during the year 2009 in Mizoram, according to health & family welfare department, government of Mizoram. The data further revealed that 4437 people have been diagnosed as pneumonia in the same period.

Overall, the department highlighted that 491 people have died due to various disease in govt hospital. Out of this, 246 patients were victims of non-communicable disease while 245 died due to communicable diseases. It further said 68 people also died due to road accidents out of the total 17494 victims admitted in various hospitals.

While as many as 21670 people were infected with acute diarrhoea, only 15 of them died. No case of polio was detected, 158 people caught tetanus of which one person died.

Four persons died of typhoid and enteric fever, four people (all women) died of hepatitis B. It is also recorded that 27 persons, including 12 women died of AIDS whereas tuberculosis claimed 11 lives.

Cancer, the disease Mizoram has topped the world in, claimed 51 lives during 2009, the health officials added. Hypertension-related problems claimed 42 persons, the health officials said.

No lives have been lost due to snake bites notwithstanding 195 people admitted with snake bites, the record said.