Indias maternal deaths to district-level precision, and found 70% of the 640 districts are hot spots reporting higher pregnancy-related deaths than the UN development goals.
Researchers from the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Deonar, analysed 61.98 million live births and 61,169 maternal deaths reported between 2017 and 2020, said a paper published in PLOS Global Public Health on Tuesday. (As Census 2011 data was used, only 640 districts were considered against 773 in 2022).
Maternal mortality rate refers to deaths due to complications from childbirth or pregnancy per 1 lakh live births. TheMMRunder UNs Goals (SDG) for 2030 is 70.
The IIPS study found Arunachal Pradesh and notAssamas per the government surveys has the countrys highest MMR of 284, whileMaharashtrareported the lowest (40). Five states have MMR greater than or equal to 210. Tirap district in Arunachal has the highest MMR, while Kinnaur in Himachal has the lowest.