Status of Health Indicators

Sl. No.

Parameter

1951

1981

1991

2001

2017 (Latest available)

1

Crude Birth Rate (Per 1000 Population)

40.8

33.9

29.5

25.4

20.2 (SRS)

2

Crude Death Rate (Per 1000 Population)

25.1

12.5

9.8

8.4

6.3 (SRS)

3

Total Fertility Rate (Per women)

6.0

4.5

3.6

3.1

2.3 (2016)

4

Maternal Mortality Ratio (Per 100,000 live births)

NA

NA

437 (1992-93) NFHS

301 (2001-03) S.R.S.

130 (2014-16)S.R.S.

5

Infant Mortality Rate (Per 1000 live births)

146 (1951-61)

110

80

66

33 (SRS)

6

Expectation of life at Birth


55.4 (1981-85) Mid-year 1983

59.4 (1989-93) Mid-year 1991

63.4 (1999-03) Mid-year 2001

68.7 (2012-16) Mid-year 2014

Source: Office of Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, Ministry of Home Affairs.

Fig: Achievements of Health & Family Welfare Programme

Maternal Mortality Rate

  • There has been an accelerated decline in MMR in India to 130 (SRS 2014-16) ....

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