Table 5: Plague Deaths in India, 1898-1968
Total Deaths The total population in each period Specific Mortality rate/10,000 Plague as % of total deaths 1898-1968 Average Annual % of Total Deaths
1898-1908 6,032,396 329,191,600 183.3 47.47 4.32
1909-1918 4,221,529 315,592,638 133.8 33.22 2.32
1919-1928 1,762,718 328,319,580 51.9 13.4 1.34
1929-1938 422,880 361,945,872 11.7 3.33 0.33
1939-1948 268,596 396,592,490 6.8 2.11 0.21
1949-1958 590,059 328,764,907 1.8 0.46 0.55
1959-1968 942 468,364,958 0.2 0.0001 0.01
Total 13,299,417
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