Nearly half (49.8%) of all medically certified deaths in India in 2024 were caused by cardiovascular or respiratory diseases, according to the latest data from the Office of Registrar General of India (ORGI). This marks the highest share since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.

Plain English

Imagine your doctor officially records what someone died from. For nearly one out of every two such cases last year, the answer was either a heart problem or a lung problem....