National Infant Mortality Rate at 32 as per Sample Registration System Data
According to the data released by the Registrar General of India, the national birth rate in 2018 stood at 20, and death and infant mortality rates stood at 6.2 and 32, respectively.
- The rates are calculated per one thousand of the population.
- These details were released by the Centre recently in its Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin based on data collected for 2018.
- The data largely reflects past trends as far as the position of states is concerned with marginal improvements at national level on health indices.
Highlights of the Sample Registration System Data
- Madhya Pradesh has the worst infant mortality rate (IMR- ....
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