Estimated annual rabies deaths (2001–2003) and national estimated deaths (2005), by age.

Notes:1. Overall study deaths totaling 122,429 excludes stillbirths. Unspecified or ill defined deaths (n = 10,647) that accounts for 8.7% of all deaths were not assigned to any specific disease categories. Of these unspecified deaths, 3,828 were below age 70 and 6,819 above age 70.2. Proportional rabies mortality per 1000 is estimated after applying sample weights to adjust for urban-rural probability of selection.3. ± Minimum reported age was 2 years.4. † United Nations 2005 estimates for India [27].