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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Infant mortality rate down by 33% in Gujarat -Kapil Dave

Infant mortality rate down by 33% in Gujarat -Kapil Dave

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published Published on Oct 27, 2013   modified Modified on Oct 27, 2013
-The Times of India


GANDHINAGAR: There's good news for Gujarat on the Human Development Index (HDI) front as the state's Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has declined significantly. It has fallen to 38 in 2012 from 57 in 2003 - a drop of 33.3% - better than the 30% decline at the national level. IMR is defined as deaths of infants below one year of age per 1,000 live births.

Though Gujarat has shown good results in the last decade, states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh have performed better. Bihar reduced its IMR from 62 to 43, Uttar Pradesh brought it down from 82 to 53, Madhya Pradesh from 86 to 56, Rajasthan from 79 to 49 and Andhra Pradesh from 66 to 41, during this period.

The decline in IMR in Gujarat in the last three years (2009 to 2012) is substantial. The reduction in 2009-10 was four and three units in each of the next two years, according to the Sample Registration System (SRS) adopted by the Union government.

Gujarat's annual IMR decline for the last three years, at 7.5%, is among the highest in the country. The target set by the Centre was 7%, to achieve the Millennium Development Goal.

Gujarat faces the challenge of continuing this good performance and achieve an IMR of 29 by 2015.

The Narendra Modi-led state government is often criticized for its poor performance on social and health indicators like IMR, Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and anaemia prevalence rate despite its tall claims of economic growth.

The state is projected to achieve major improvements on these indicators in the next five years will still not be able make the top five, as projected by the Planning Commission in 12th Five Year Plan.

Gujarat's present IMR, MMR and anaemia levels are 38, 148 and 55.3 respectively, and is projected to go down to 24, 67 and 28 respectively, by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan.

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While improvement in infant mortality is healthy news, Gujarat will have to do much more to improve its low standing Human Development Index. At present it is ranked 10th among major states. The state will have to work hard to get the numbers up on health, life expectancy, education and literacy so that industrial growth is not sullied by dipping social indicators.


The Times of India, 27 October, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Infant-mortality-rate-down-by-33-in-Gujarat/articleshow/24769581.cms


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