Lok Sabha Question No. 4105 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Maternal Mortality Rate
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTI ON NO. 4105 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH MARCH, 2021

## MATERNAL MORTALITY R ATE

## 4105. SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

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

- (a) the details and number of maternal mortality cases reported in the country during the last three years, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any study/survey to ascertain the factors responsibl e formaternal mortality in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c )  whether  the  Government  is  also  examining  the issue  of  determining  age  of  motherhood towards reducing the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in the country; and
- (d ) if so, the details th ereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The state and UT wise details of maternal mortality cases in the country during la period as per Health Management Information System are placed in Annexure.

- (b): A study titled 'Maternal Mortality in India: 2001 - 2003 trends, causes and ris k factors' has been undertaken by the Registrar General of India -Sample Registration System.

The major factors responsible for Maternal Mortality as identified in the above ment study  relates  to  :  haemorrhage (38%),  sepsis  (11%),  hypertensive  disorders  (5%),  obstructed labour (5%), abortion (8%) and other Conditions (34%).

- (c ) & (d) : Government of India has set up a Task Force to examine matters pertaining to ag motherhood, imperatives of lowering MMR etc . through a notification dated 4 th June 2020. It comprises of representatives from the concerned ministries, NITI Aayog and other organizat

## State/UT wise details of maternal deaths reported during last 3 years

| State/UTs wise details of Maternal Deaths reported during last 3years period   | State/UTs wise details of Maternal Deaths reported during last 3years period   | State/UTs wise details of Maternal Deaths reported during last 3years period   | State/UTs wise details of Maternal Deaths reported during last 3years period   | State/UTs wise details of Maternal Deaths reported during last 3years period   |
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| S.No                                                                           | States/UTs                                                                     | 2017-18                                                                        | 2018-19                                                                        | 2019-20                                                                        |
|                                                                                |                                                                                | 21,538                                                                         | 20,069                                                                         | 19,283                                                                         |
| 1 2                                                                            | India                                                                          |                                                                                | 7                                                                              |                                                                                |
| 3                                                                              | A &NIslands Andhra Pradesh Arunachal                                           | 11 640 12                                                                      | 474 5                                                                          | 5 392 13                                                                       |
|                                                                                | Pradesh Assam                                                                  |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |
|                                                                                |                                                                                | 1,142 1,428                                                                    |                                                                                |                                                                                |
| 4                                                                              |                                                                                |                                                                                | 1,031 1,105 15                                                                 | 1,009 1,043                                                                    |
| 5 6 7                                                                          | Bihar                                                                          |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |
| 8                                                                              | Chandigarh                                                                     | 6 643 10                                                                       | 562 10                                                                         | 31 642 6                                                                       |
|                                                                                | Chhattisgarh &Nagar Haveli                                                     |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |
|                                                                                | Dadra Daman &Diu Delhi                                                         |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |
| 9                                                                              |                                                                                | 1                                                                              | 1 572                                                                          | 0 484                                                                          |
| 10                                                                             |                                                                                | 517                                                                            |                                                                                |                                                                                |
| 11                                                                             | Goa                                                                            | 16                                                                             | 12                                                                             | 7                                                                              |
| 12 13 14                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                        | 976                                                                            | 919 604 79                                                                     | 930 604                                                                        |
| 15                                                                             | Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu &Kashmir                                        | 416                                                                            | 79                                                                             |                                                                                |
| 16                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                      | 56 112                                                                         |                                                                                | 55 90                                                                          |
|                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                | 786 724                                                                        |
|                                                                                | Karnataka                                                                      | 904                                                                            | 757 657 150                                                                    | 122                                                                            |
| 17 18                                                                          |                                                                                | 788 258                                                                        |                                                                                |                                                                                |
|                                                                                | Kerala Lakshadweep Madhya                                                      |                                                                                |                                                                                | 1                                                                              |
| 19                                                                             | Pradesh Maharashtra                                                            | 0 1,886 1,250                                                                  | 0                                                                              |                                                                                |
| 20 21                                                                          |                                                                                | 23                                                                             | 2,003 1,265 12                                                                 | 2,104 1,336 35                                                                 |
| 22 23 24                                                                       | Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram                                                      | 197 19                                                                         | 164 26                                                                         |                                                                                |
| 25                                                                             |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                | 174 13 22                                                                      |
| 26                                                                             | Nagaland                                                                       |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |
| 27                                                                             |                                                                                | 30 932 29                                                                      | 18 596 22                                                                      | 631 11                                                                         |
| 28                                                                             | Odisha Puducherry Punjab                                                       |                                                                                | 462                                                                            |                                                                                |
|                                                                                |                                                                                | 558                                                                            |                                                                                |                                                                                |
|                                                                                | Rajasthan                                                                      | 1,213 9                                                                        | 1,339                                                                          | 376 1,333                                                                      |
| 29                                                                             |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |
| 30                                                                             | Sikkim Nadu                                                                    |                                                                                | 11                                                                             | 15                                                                             |
| 31 32 33                                                                       | Tamil Telangana Tripura                                                        | 683 372 68                                                                     | 558 389 37                                                                     | 499 427 47                                                                     |
|                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                | 4,154                                                                          |
| 34 35                                                                          | Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand                                                      | 4,990 172                                                                      | 4,809 180                                                                      | 175                                                                            |

36

West Bengal

1,171

* Source Health Management Information System

1,139

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