Lok Sabha Question No. 4251 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-13
Subject: Maternal Mortality Rate
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Jai Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4251 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## MATERNAL MORTALITY R ATE

## 4251. SHRI JAI PRAKASH:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has acquired the data on Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) from all States/UTs in recent past;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT - wise during the period 2014 - 2016; and
- (c) the details of States/UTs which have achieved National Health Policy target of MMR 100 per lakh live births well ahead of 2020?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)& (b): Registrar General of India has provided estimates on Maternal Mortality Ratio using the Sample Registration System (SRS) for   19 states of India in the recent of SRS 2015 - 17.

The details of the maternal mortality ratio State/UT -wise during 2014 - 16 and 2015 - 17 is placed at annexure A.

- (c) The details of States/UTs who have achieved National Health Policy target of MMR per lakh live births well ahead of 2020 is placed at annexure B.

## State - wise Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)

| MMR - SRS   | MMR - SRS      | MMR - SRS   | MMR - SRS   |
|-------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|
| Sl.No       | India/States   | 2014- 16    | 2015- 17    |
|             | India          | 130         | 122         |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh | 74          | 74          |
| 2           | Assam          | 237         | 229         |
| 3           | Bihar          | 165         | 165         |
| 4           | Jharkhand      | 165         | 76          |
| 5           | Gujarat        | 91          | 87          |
| 6           | Haryana        | 101         | 98          |
| 7           | Karnataka      | 108         | 97          |
| 8           | Kerala         | 46          | 42          |
| 9           | Madhya Pradesh | 173         | 188         |
| 10          | Chhattisgarh   | 173         | 141         |
| 11          | Maharashtra    | 61          | 55          |
| 12          | Odisha         | 180         | 168         |
| 13          | Punjab         | 122         | 122         |
| 14          | Rajasthan      | 199         | 186         |
| 15          | Tamil Nadu     | 66          | 63          |
| 16          | Telangana      | 81          | 76          |
| 17          | Uttarakhand    | 201         | 89          |
| 18          | Uttar Pradesh  | 201         | 216         |
| 19          | West Bengal    | 101         | 94          |

Source: Sample Registration System Report of Registrar General of India

## States/UTS who have achieved National Health Policy target of MMR 100 per lakh live births

|   Sl. No | India/States   |   2015- 17 |
|----------|----------------|------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh |         74 |
|        2 | Jharkhand      |         76 |
|        3 | Gujarat        |         87 |
|        4 | Haryana        |         98 |
|        5 | Karnataka      |         97 |
|        6 | Kerala         |         42 |
|        7 | Maharashtra    |         55 |
|        8 | Tamil Nadu     |         63 |
|        9 | Telangana      |         76 |
|       10 | Uttarakhand    |         89 |
|       11 | West Bengal    |         94 |

Source: Sample Registration System Report of Registrar General of

India