A Presentation on Maternal Mortality Levels ( ) A Presentation on Maternal Mortality Levels ( ) Office of Registrar General, India 20 th December 2013
Publications on Maternal Mortality The first report on Maternal Morality in India ( )-Trends, Causes and Risk Factors released in October, The special bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India ( ) released in The special bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India ( ) released in This special bulletin is the third in the series of Maternal Mortality. 2
Data Published In this bulletin, data is published on:- – Maternal Mortality Ratio(MMR) – Maternal Mortality Rate – Life time risk 3
MATERNAL MORTALITY Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) Refers to the number of women who die as a result of complications of pregnancy or childbearing in a given year per 100,000 live births in that year. Maternal Mortality Rate Maternal Mortality Rate is defined as the number of maternal deaths to women in the ages per lakh of women in that age group. Life time Risk Life time risk is defined as the probability that, one women of reproductive age (15- 49) will die due to child birth or puerperium assuming that chance of death is uniformly distributed across the entire reproductive span. 4
MMR estimates : Highlights Results are given at all India and for Major states. Decline in MMR estimates in over : – For India: 178 from 212 (a fall of about 16 %) – In Empowered Action Group (EAG) states & Assam: 257 from 308 (16 %) – Among Southern States: 105 from 127 (17 %) – In Other States: 127 from 149 (15 %) 5
Levels of MMR by Regions, EAG and Assam almost 24 women per lakh of women in age group are dying due to Maternal causes whereas in Southern States it reduces to only 6.
Maternal Mortality Ratio during, & : Best & Worst States MinimumMaximumMinimumMaximum EAG AND ASSAM Odisha258Assam390Bihar219Assam328 SOUTHERN Kerala81Karnataka178Kerala66Karnataka144 OTHERS Maharashtra104Punjab172Maharashtra87Punjab155 7 Assam remains at the bottom whereas Kerala at the top.
Levels of Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) by Regions,
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Levels of Maternal Mortality Rate by Regions,
Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Maternal Mortality Rate and Life Time Risk; India, EAG & Assam
Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Maternal Mortality Rate and Life Time Risk; India, Southern States,
Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Maternal Mortality Rate and Life Time Risk; India and Other states,
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