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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)
In 2023, the median age of an Indian was 29.5 years, [13] compared to 39.8 for China and 49.5 for Japan; and, by 2030; India's dependency ratio will be just over 0.4. [14] However, the number of children in India peaked more than a decade ago and is now falling.
Alternative visualization for 2019—2021, according to NFHS [1] Life expectancy in states and union territories of India, an estimated average for 2011-2016 This is a list of Indian states by life expectancy at birth.
The occurrence of infant mortality in a population can be described by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births. [1] Similarly, the child mortality rate , also known as the under-five mortality rate, compares the death rate of children up to the age of five.
According to the National Health Policy (NHP) 2017, India set a goal to reduce its Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) to below 100 per lakh live births by the year 2020. The SRS estimates that India had an MMR of 97 per lakh live births during the period of 2018-2020, accomplishing this target within the specified timeframe. [25]
It was delayed to 2022 [10] and then further delayed to 2023 [11] due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Following the postponement of the deadline of freezing administrative boundaries to 30 June 2023, and owing to the general elections in 2024, the census can now only take place in late 2024. [12]
The infant mortality rate is 7 per 1,000 live births in Kerala, [29] as opposed to 28 in India. [30] Another indicator of gender equality and women's health is the maternal mortality rate, which is 53.59 per 100,000 live births in Kerala and 178.35 in the rest of India.
10–13 May – The Indian National Congress won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election by getting 135 out of 224 seats. [28] 19 May – Reserve Bank of India announced that it will withdraw all 2000-rupee note in circulation by September 2023. [29] 28 May The New Parliament House in New Delhi is inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra ...