Leading Causes of Death in India

Title: Leading Causes of Death in India
Category: Literature / English | Words: 268 | Pages: 1.1 (approximately 235 words/page)

Leading Causes of Death in India

One of the leading causes of death in rural India is oral cancer and tobacco related cancers. India has one of the highest rates of oral cancer in the world. Tobacco-related cancers account for about 50 per cent of all cancers among men and 25 per cent among women. Oral cancer accounts for one-third of the total cancer cases, with 90 per cent of the patients being tobacco-chewers. Clinical observations in some regions reveal that over 60 per cent …showed first 75 words of 268 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 268 total…land. Though it may not be a leading cause of death but it is a pressing issue in India especially for the youth. In India in 10 and 12 grade there are very tough external examinations, and when the results come out, it is routine reading about a student who hung himself to death because he didn’t pass his exams, in the newspaper. Every year about a 100 students kill themselves because the pressure of the exams.

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