Question

Highest infant mortality rate in India is in which of the following states?
A. U.P.
B. Bihar
C. M.P.
D. Rajasthan

Answer 1

Hint: The infant mortality rate is defined as the number of children under the age of one year who die for every 1,000 live births. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births over a certain time period. The United States has the highest maternal death rate among 11 developed countries, as well as a relative shortage of maternity care providers.

Complete answer:
According to the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India's latest Sample Registration System report for 2013, the state of M.P. has the highest infant mortality rate in the country for the 11th year in a row. The infant mortality rate is the number of infants under the age of one year who die per 1,000 live births. The IMR for Madhya Pradesh is 54.
As a result, option (C) M.P. is the proper answer.
Madhya Pradesh had the highest rural infant mortality rate in India in 2018, with 52 baby deaths per 1,000 live births. Uttar Pradesh and Assam were two other states with high death rates.

The numbers are high due to a lack of resources at primary health clinics, such as doctors, beds, clean water, and bathrooms, as well as transportation to urban hospitals where the infants can receive specialist care. Neonates, or newborns less than 28 days old, account for the majority of these deaths (58 percent).

Kerala has the lowest infant mortality rate in the country.

Kerala's infant mortality rate is low because it focuses mostly on human resource development. It has also introduced a number of provisions aimed at improving the quality of education and medical care.

Note:-
Complications during and after pregnancy and childbirth claim the lives of women. The majority of these issues arise during pregnancy and are either preventable or treatable. Severe bleeding (mainly after childbirth), infections (typically after childbirth), high blood pressure throughout pregnancy (pre-eclampsia and eclampsia), delivery problems, and unsafe abortion are the key complications that account for about 75% of all maternal deaths.