As per 2020 report on medical certification of cause of death (MCCD) compiled by the registrar general of India, maximum number of certified deaths in Bihar occurred due to Circulatory System diseases (30.4%).
Deaths due to Respiratory System diseases andCovidaccounted for 2.4% and 7.3%, respectively, in 2020.
Of the 4,25,047 deaths registered in 2020 in Bihar, only 14,591 were medically certified, the lowest in the country. Category wise illness related deaths are of those which had been certified medically. This is much below the countrys Average of 22.5%. Data on deaths due to various kinds of illnesses suggest that after circulatory system diseases, 10% of the certified deaths were due to the symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings.
The third highest deaths was due to Covid and certain infectious and parasitic diseases. Country-wise figure shows that deaths due to Covid-19 accounted for 8.9% of medically certified deaths.