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

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

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

4. 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 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.

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

6. 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 are dying due to Maternal causes whereas in Southern States it reduces to only 6.

7. Maternal Mortality Ratio during, 2007-09 & 2010-12:
Best & Worst States
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.

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

10. Levels of Maternal Mortality Rate by Regions, 1997-2012

11. Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Maternal Mortality Rate and Life Time Risk; India, EAG & Assam
Sample Female Population
Live Births
MMR
Maternal Mortality Rate
Life
time risk
MMR
MMR
INDIA
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
183770
257
23.3
308
375

12. Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Maternal Mortality Rate and Life Time Risk; India, Southern States,
India & Major States
Sample Female Population
Live Births
MMR
Maternal Mortality Rate
Life
time risk
MMR
MMR
INDIA
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
82309
105
5.9
127
149

13. Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Maternal Mortality Rate and Life Time Risk; India and Other states,
India & Major States
Sample Female Population
Live Births
MMR
Maternal Mortality Rate
Lifetime risk
MMR
MMR
INDIA
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
63942
136
7.8
206
OTHER SUBTOTAL
164091
127
149
174

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