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List of Indian states by infant mortality rate

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This is a list of Indian states and union territories by infant mortality rates in 2019. The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. The data is taken from the Sample Registration Survey published by the Indian Ministry of Health.[1] This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. According to this national data India's IMR stood at 30 per 1,000 live births in 2019, while according to the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation it stood at 28 per 1,000 live births.[2]

Indian states by Infant mortality rate (2019)

List

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Rank State Infant mortality per 1000
2023 2015
0 India 26 37
1 Nagaland 3 12
1 Mizoram 3 32
3 Sikkim 5 18
4 Kerala 6 12
5 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 7 20
6 Tamil Nadu 8 19
6 Goa 8 9
6 Lakshadweep 8 20
9 Puducherry 9 11
10 Manipur 10 9
11 Delhi 11 18
11 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 11 21
13 Chandigarh 13 21
14 Daman and Diu 17 18
14 Maharashtra 17 21
16 Punjab 19 23
16 Himachal Pradesh 19 28
18 Jammu and Kashmir 20 26
18 West Bengal 20 26
20 Tripura 21 20
20 Karnataka 21 28
22 Telangana 23 34
23 Gujarat 25 33
23 Andhra Pradesh 25 37
25 Jharkhand 27 32
25 Uttarakhand 27 34
25 Haryana 27 36
28 Arunachal Pradesh 29 30
28 Bihar 29 42
30 Meghalaya 33 42
31 Rajasthan 35 43
32 Odisha 38 46
33 Chhattisgarh 40 41
33 Assam 40 47
35 Uttar Pradesh 41 46
36 Madhya Pradesh 46 50

References

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  1. ^ "Infant Mortality and Maternal Mortality in Indian states". www.pib.gov.in. 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  2. ^ "Infant Mortality in 2019". www.childmortality.org. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2024-03-28.