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Maternal mortality is challenging to study because it is fairly uncommon, it can happen for various reasons, and it is challenging to report. [36] The first nationally representative study of maternal mortality in all of India was in 2014. [36] Two major global studies in 2015 report maternal mortality in India and contribute to national planning.
Maternal death in India Maternal death or maternal mortality as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) is "the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes."
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births. [1] From Our World in Data (using World Health Organization definition): "The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is defined as the number of maternal deaths during a given time period per 100,000 live births during the same time period. It depicts the risk of maternal death relative to the number of ...
Crude mortality rate refers to the number of deaths over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is usually expressed in units of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year. The list is based on CIA World Factbook 2023 estimates, unless indicated otherwise.
Although India has witnessed dramatic growth over the last two decades, maternal mortality remains stubbornly high in comparison to many developing nations [26] As a nation, India contributed nearly 20 percent of all maternal deaths worldwide between 1992 and 2006. [26]
The adult lifetime risk of maternal mortality can be derived using either the maternal mortality ratio (MMR), or the maternal mortality rate (MMRate). [ 37 ] Proportion of maternal deaths among deaths of women of reproductive age (PM) is the number of maternal deaths in a given time period divided by the total deaths among women aged 15–49 years.
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 ]
The total fertility rate per woman in India is 2.5. The average life expectancy in India is 66 years old. For women, it is specifically 68 years old and for men it is 64 years old. In 2015, India's maternal mortality was 174 per 100,000 live births. In 2005, it was estimated that the maternal mortality ratio in India is 16 times higher than ...