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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | First time, under-five mortality rate same as global average -Abantika Ghosh

First time, under-five mortality rate same as global average -Abantika Ghosh

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published Published on Sep 19, 2018   modified Modified on Sep 19, 2018
-The Indian Express

The under-five mortality of the girl child is 2.5 per cent higher (40 deaths per 1,000 live births) than the under-five mortality of the boy child (39 deaths per 1,000 live births).

New Delhi:
In what is a major milestone in reduction of child deaths in India, the country’s under five mortality rate, for the first time, has been estimated at 39 deaths per 1,000 live births, the same as the global average. But the gender gap in child survival remains far below the global average — it means that girl children, after they are born, face discrimination in India, according to new mortality estimates released as part of a report by UNICEF, WHO, UN Population Division and the World Bank Group.

The under-five mortality of the girl child is 2.5 per cent higher (40 deaths per 1,000 live births) than the under-five mortality of the boy child (39 deaths per 1,000 live births). This gender gap has reduced significantly given that the difference was nearly 10 per cent in 2012. Globally, girl child survival rates are 11 per cent higher than boys.

This is in line with government data which show that in sick newborn care units across the country, there is a 60:40 ratio of boys and girls admitted. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has also flagged this issue to states but it has not borne results. This year’s Economic Survey estimated that 21 million Indian girls are unwanted — parents wanted a boy but had a girl instead.

Following initiatives like Mission Indradhanush, Mother and Child Tracking System and neonatal ICUs in every district, India has made remarkable progress over the last five years. The number of Indian children who died before their fifth birthday went below one million for the first time. But at 9,89,000, the absolute number is still staggering.

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The Indian Express, 19 September, 2018, https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health/first-time-under-five-mortality-rate-same-as-global-average-5363543/


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