The state is showing a healthy trend in girl Population as the is closely monitoring the deliveries, particularly in rural areas. The state has ensured that 100 per cent deliveries are handled at thePHCin tribal area, improving the girl population rate.
AP has already crossed the national Average and also the state average in girl population ratio recorded during the last year. According to the latest information, the state reported the birth of 937 girl babies against each 1,000 babies in the last eight months. The state government has been gathering the data on a daily basis and compiling the information on a monthly basis. The senior officials are closely looking into the issue and alerting the district Health and family welfare administrations wherever intervention is required.
In fact, AP’s sex ratio during theNational Family Health Survey(NFHS-V) based on the information between 2019-2021 is 925: 1,000 (female-male). This is little lower than the national average of 929 against 1,000. Taking the issue seriously, chief minister YSJagan MohanReddy directed the medical and health and Women and child welfare departments to jointly work to improve the girl child ratio in the state. The state’s sex ratio during 2019-21 has tremendously improved over the past few years due to the focus set by the state government. The female population in AP during NFHS-IV conducted in 2015-16 was just 914 against 1,000 males at the time of birth, it jumped to 934 in theNFHS-Vsurvey conducted in 2019-21. Although the sex ratio is well above the national average at the time of birth, the ratio drops by the age of six years due to the high rate of infant mortality in the state. The state goverment thus adopted multi-pronged strategies to save the girl child.