Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have published a new study in The Lancet Global Health on the deaths among children under five in India.
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Number of deaths: While India reduced annual mortality among children under five from 2.5 million in 2000 (90.5 per 1,000 live births) to 1.2 million in 2015 (out of 2.5 million live births, or 47.8 per 1,000), it was still the highest in the world.
Disparities among states: There exists large disparities in the child mortality rate between richer and poorer states.
Among the states, the highest mortality rate, in Assam at 73.1 per 1,000, was more than seven times that in Goa’s 9.7.
Among the regions, the mortality rate ranged from a low of 29.7 per 1,000 (South) to 63.8 (Northeast).
Reasons: Although most under-5 deaths were due to preterm complications, preventable infectious diseases featured prominently as causes of death in higher-mortality states.
Recommendations: India can accelerate its reduction of under-five mortality rates by scaling up vaccine coverage and improving childbirth and neonatal care, especially in states where mortality rates remain high.
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