Measures to Reduce IMR and MMR

As per Sample Registration System (SRS), 2013, the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the country is 40 per 1000 live births which translates into death of an estimated 10.68 lakh children up to the age of one year, annually. As per Sample Registration System (SRS) 2013, the Neonatal Mortality Rate in India is 28/1000 live births which means that estimated 7.47 lakh newborns die within first four weeks of birth every year in the country. As per the Sample Registration System (SRS), Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) for the period 2011-13is 167/100000 live births. This translates into an estimated 44,000 maternal deaths in the country, every year. The state-wise detail of Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is given below: State-wise Infant Mortality Rates States/UTs Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 Live Births) SRS (2013) India 40 Assam 54 Madhya Pradesh 54 Odisha 51 Uttar Pradesh 50 Meghalaya 47 Rajasthan 47 Chhattisgarh 46 Bihar 42 Haryana 41 Andhra Pradesh 39 Telangana 39 Jammu & Kashmir 37 Jharkhand 37 Gujarat 36 Mizoram 35 Himachal Pradesh 35 Arunachal Pradesh 32 Uttarakhand 32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 31 West Bengal 31 Karnataka 31 Punjab 26 Tripura 26 Delhi 24 Andaman & Nicobar 24 Maharashtra 24 Lakshadweep 24 Sikkim 22 Chandigarh 21 Tamil Nadu 21 Daman & Diu 20 Nagaland 18 Puducherry 17 Kerala 12 Manipur 10 Goa 9 Infant Mortality Rates for the Asian countries, available in the State of World’s Children Report published by UNICEF (2015) are given below: