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The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in India declined to 93 per lakh dwell births in 2019-21 from 97 in 2018-20, and 103 in 2017-2019, in accordance with the most recent knowledge launched by the Workplace of the Registrar Normal and Census Commissioner of India.
The info present the best MMR happens within the 20-29 years age group, and the second highest MMR is seen within the 30-34 years age group.
A number of States, together with Madhya Pradesh (175), Assam (167), Uttar Pradesh (151), Odisha (135), Chhattisgarh (132), West Bengal (109), and Haryana (106), have excessive MMRs.
The Registrar Normal arrives at estimates on fertility and mortality utilizing the Pattern Registration System, one of many largest demographic pattern surveys within the nation.
The MMR in a area is a measure of the reproductive well being of ladies within the space. One of many key indicators of maternal mortality is the MMR, outlined because the variety of maternal deaths throughout a given time interval per 100,000 dwell births throughout the identical time interval as reported.
The U.N.’s Sustainable Growth Objectives (SDGs) goal at decreasing international MMR to to lower than 70 per 100,000 dwell births.
Many ladies within the reproductive age span die as a result of issues throughout and following being pregnant and childbirth, or abortion. “Maternal loss of life is the loss of life of a girl whereas pregnant or inside 42 days of termination of being pregnant, regardless of the length and web site of the being pregnant, from any trigger associated to or aggravated by the being pregnant or its administration however not from unintentional or incidental causes,” in accordance with the World Well being Group (WHO).
The info states that maternal deaths, being a uncommon occasion, require prohibitively giant pattern sizes to offer strong estimates.
The WHO notes that, day by day in 2023, over 700 ladies died from preventable causes associated to being pregnant and childbirth. “A maternal loss of life occurred nearly each 2 minutes in 2023. Between 2000 and 2023, the MMR…dropped by about 40% worldwide. Simply over 90% of all maternal deaths occurred in low- and lower-middle-income international locations in 2023. Care by expert well being professionals earlier than, throughout and after childbirth can save the lives of ladies and newborns,’’ the WHO stated.
Printed – Might 08, 2025 10:10 pm IST
