India has improved its maternal mortality ratio (MMR) — number of deaths per 100,000 live births — to 97 deaths per lakh in 2018-2020 from 103 deaths per lakh in 2017-2019. This is a considerable improvement from the 130 deaths per lakh in 2014-2016, the latest data released by the office of the Registrar General of India showed.
On the regional level, Assam continues to have the (195) but has improved its own performance over the years. In 2014-2016, the northeastern state’s MMR was at a dangerously high 237 deaths per one lakh live births. This has improved significantly over the years to 229 in 2015-2017, 215 in 2016-2018 and 205 in 2017-2019, showed the data released November 28, 2022. In the same vein, Kerala continues to remain the best performer, with a low MMR of 19 per one lakh live births. The southern state was always performing better than the national average and has almost consistently brought down even that figure — from 46 in 2014-2016, 42 in 2015-2017, 43 in 2016-2018 and 30 in 2017-2019.
Sharing the bulletin on Twitter, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya remarked: “Significant decline in the Maternal Mortality Ratio from 130 in 2014-16 to 97 per lakh live births in 2018-2020.” The various healthcare initiatives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to ensure quality maternal and reproductive care have helped tremendously in bringing down MMR, Mandaviya added. Other states with high MMR include Madhya Pradesh (173), Uttar Pradesh (167), Chhattisgarh (137), Odisha (119), Bihar (118), Rajasthan (113), Haryana (110), Punjab (105) and West Bengal (105). Most of these states belong to the Empowered Action Group (EAG) — a classification of socioeconomically poor regions — on whom the country’s development depends.
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