Lok Sabha Question No. 4280 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-13
Subject: Pregnancy Related Deaths
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Manne Srinivas Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4280 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## PREGNANCY RELATED DE ATHS

## 4280. SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY:

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

- (a) whether as per the report of the World Health Organization (WHO) the maximum/highest number of pregnancy related deaths per year in the world occurs in India; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the data in this regard during the last three years, State/ UT - wise particularly in Telangana?

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

- (a)& (b): The  WHO  report  of Maternal  Mortality  Estimation  Inter -Agency  Group (MMEIG) provides global estimates of MMR.

As per the WHO report of MMEIG 2017, the global MMR is estimated as 211 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births & India estima tes 145 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. India accounts for 12% of the global maternal deaths.

Registrar General of India gives estimates on fertility and mortality using the Registration System (SRS). The SRS does not generate maternal mor tality data on yearly basis. Maternal deaths being a rare event require prohibitively large sample size to robust estimates. In order to enhance the SRS sample size, the results are derived by the three years data to yield reliable estimate s of maternal mortality

As  per  the  report  of  Sample  Registration  System  (SRS)  2015 - 17  released  by  Registrar General of India (RGI), Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of India has reduced from 130 p 100,000 live births in 2014 - 16 to 122 per 100,000 live birt hs in 2015 - 17.

The Maternal Mortality Ratio of Telangana has shown a steady decline from 92 2011- 13 to 81 in 2014 - 16 and 76 as per SRS 2015 -17.

As  perthe  RGI SRS  report  titled  'Maternal  Mortality  in  India:  2001 - 2003  trends, causes  and  risk  factors', major causes of maternal deaths in the country are haemorrhage (38%), sepsis (11%), hypertensive disorders (5%), obstructed labour (5%), abortion and other Conditions (34%) , which includes anaemia.

The  details  of  the  maternal  mortality  ratio  within the  country,  State/UT - wise including Telangana between 2014 - 16 and 2015 -17 is placed at Annexure

## State-wise Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)

|   Sl. No | India/States   | 2014-16   | 2015-17   |
|----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|
|        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 | India          | 130       | 122       |
|        8 | Karnataka      | 108       | 97        |
|        9 | Kerala         | 46        | 42        |
|       10 | Madhya Pradesh | 173       | 188       |
|       11 | Chhattisgarh   | 173       | 141       |
|       12 | Maharashtra    | 61        | 55        |
|       13 | Odisha         | 180       | 168       |
|       14 | Punjab         | 122       | 122       |
|       15 | Rajasthan      | 199       | 186       |
|       16 | Tamil Nadu     | 66        | 63        |
|       17 | Telangana      | 81        | 76        |
|       18 | Uttarakhand    | 201       | 89        |
|       19 | Uttar Pradesh  | 201       | 216       |
|       20 | West Bengal    | 101       | 94        |
|       21 |                |           |           |

Other States

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