INDIA REGISTERS A STEEP
DECLINE IN MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO
Maternal Mortality Ratio
(MMR) in India has declined to 113 in 2016-18 from 122 in 2015-17 and 130 in
2014-2016, according to the special bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India
2016-18, released by the Office of the Registrar General’s Sample Registration
System (SRS)
Target 3.1 of Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG) set by the United Nations aims to reduce the global
maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 1,00,000 live births
MMR of various States
according to the bulletin includes Assam (215), Bihar (149), and Madhya Pradesh
(173). The southern States registered a lower MMR – Andhra Pradesh (65),
Telangana (63), Karnataka (92), Kerala (43) and Tamil Nadu (60)
Maternal mortality in a
region is a measure of reproductive health of women in the area
Maternal
mortality ratio is a key performance indicator
for efforts to improve the health and safety of mothers before, during, and
after childbirth per country worldwide
Maternal
mortality ratio it is
the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause
related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental
or incidental causes)
Maternal
mortality rate is the number of maternal deaths (direct and indirect) in a
given period per 100,000 women of reproductive age during the same time period
The
statistics are gathered by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population
Division.
