A Presentation on Maternal Mortality Levels (2010-12) Office of Registrar General, India 20th December 2013

Publications on Maternal Mortality The first report on Maternal Morality in India (1997-2003)-Trends, Causes and Risk Factors released in October, 2006. The special bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India (2004-2006) released in 2009. The special bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India (2007-2009) released in 2011. This special bulletin is the third in the series of Maternal Mortality.

Data Published In this bulletin, data is published on:- Maternal Mortality Ratio(MMR) Maternal Mortality Rate Life time risk

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 15-49 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.  

MMR estimates 2010-12: Highlights Results are given at all India and for Major states. Decline in MMR estimates in 2010-12 over 2007-09: 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 %)

Levels of MMR by Regions, 2010-12 Maternal Mortality Rate Lifetime risk % to total maternal deaths INDIA 178 12.4 0.4% 100.0  EAG AND ASSAM 257 23.3 0.8% 61.5 SOUTH 105 5.9 0.2% 11.3 OTHER 127 7.8 0.3% 27.1 EAG and Assam almost 24 women per lakh of women in age group 15-49 are dying due to Maternal causes whereas in Southern States it reduces to only 6.

Maternal Mortality Ratio during, 2007-09 & 2010-12: Best & Worst States   2007-09 2010-12 Minimum Maximum EAG AND ASSAM Odisha 258 Assam 390 Bihar 219 328 SOUTHERN Kerala 81 Karnataka 178 66 144 OTHERS Maharashtra 104 Punjab 172 87 155 Assam remains at the bottom whereas Kerala at the top.

Levels of Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) by Regions, 1997-2012

Levels of Maternal Mortality Rate by Regions, 1997-2012

Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Maternal Mortality Rate and Life Time Risk; India, EAG & Assam 2010-12 Sample Female Population Live Births MMR Maternal Mortality Rate Life time risk MMR 2007-09 MMR 2004-06 INDIA 6169091 430170 178 12.4 0.4% 212 254 Assam 195275 12811 328 21.5 0.8% 390 480 Bihar / Jharkhand 371114 38549 219 22.8 261 312 Madhya Pradesh / Chhatisgarh 353851 32533 230 21.1 0.7% 269 335 Orissa 293129 19981 235 16.0 0.6% 258 303 Rajasthan 269335 26702 255 25.2 0.9% 318 388 Uttar Pradesh / Uttarakhand 542640 53194 292 28.7 1.0% 359 440 EAG AND ASSAM SUBTOTAL 2025344 183770 257 23.3 308 375

Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Maternal Mortality Rate and Life Time Risk; India, Southern States, 2010-12 India & Major States Sample Female Population Live Births MMR Maternal Mortality Rate Life time risk MMR 2007-09 MMR 2004-06 INDIA 6169091 430170 178 12.4 0.4% 212 254 Andhra Pradesh 357699 22427 110 6.9 0.2% 134 154 Karnataka 390941 21909 144 8.1 0.3% 213 Kerala 305268 15351 66 3.3 0.1% 81 95 Tamil Nadu 410769 22622 90 5.0 97 111 SOUTH SUBTOTAL 1464677 82309 105 5.9 127 149  

Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Maternal Mortality Rate and Life Time Risk; India and Other states, 2010-12 India & Major States Sample Female Population Live Births MMR Maternal Mortality Rate Lifetime risk MMR 2007-09 MMR 2004-06 INDIA 6169091 430170 178 12.4 0.4% 212 254 Gujarat 301207 23552 122 9.5 0.3% 148 160 Haryana 179220 14243 146 11.6 153 186 Maharashtra 342534 20684 87 5.2 0.2% 104 130 Punjab 206148 11988 155 9.0 172 192 West Bengal 526090 29682 117 6.6 145 141 Other 1123871 63942 136 7.8 206 OTHER SUBTOTAL 2679070 164091 127 149 174

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