Every year diseases account for the major burden of deaths occurring in India. As any country develops, usually  trend is “ shift of causes of death from Infectious to non communicable diseases“. A recent research on the topic shows similar thing in India. Here is an excellent infographics highlighting the situation, thought the data is of 2012, it reflects a lot on the fact.

Top diseases causing deaths are-   Ischemic Heart Disease,COPD and Stroke . Let us look deeper into the matter.

Source: https://www.icicilombard.com/infographics/health-infographics/diseases-causing-deaths-in-india.html