children Birth urban More likely to survive the first year than those born in India Rural India. latest data on infant mortality rate (infant mortality rate) released by the Census Office for 2019 indicates poor quality as well as limited access to maternal and child health services in rural areas.
Urban India’s IMR is 20 (20 out of every 1,000 children under the age of one are dying), compared to 34 in rural areas, indicating a stagnation in efforts to bridge the rural-urban divide. In any case, the gap has widened marginally over the five years to 2019.
While all states have reduced the difference in IMR between rural and urban areas, the gap remains alarmingly high in Assam and Madhya Pradesh, where rural areas account for 86 percent and 72 percent of the total population, respectively. , Odisha, Rajasthan and Gujarat have shown. Most notable improvement in bridging the gap in IMR between rural and urban areas.
Rural Odisha had the second highest IMR of 68 in the country in 2009, while its urban IMR was 46. This brought the gap down to a single digit and as of 2019, the rural and urban IMRs were 39 and 30 respectively. Similarly, Gujarat has also significantly narrowed the infant survival gap between urban and rural areas over the past decade. In 2009, rural and urban IMRs were 55 and 33, respectively, which narrowed down to 29 and 18 by 2019.
The gap between rural and urban IMR (65 and 35) in 2009 was highest in Rajasthan, and its rural IMR was the highest in India. Not only has it brought down the rural IMR, it has also reduced the gap between rural and urban areas (38 and 25) by 2019, a significant improvement from where it began.
Rural MP continued to have the highest IMR in the country in 2009 (72), 2014 (57) and 2019 (50). Although the IMR of 57 in 2014 was a huge improvement from 72 in 2009, the pace of improvement had slowed by 2019 as the rural IMR dropped to just 50 in 2019. Furthermore, the rural-urban gap was the second largest after Assam, which showed little progress in bridging the gap.
Several states have reduced the rural-urban gap in infant survival to single digits. The gap remains in double digits and is almost unchanged between 2014 and 2019 in UP, where 78% of the population lives in rural areas.
Urban India’s IMR is 20 (20 out of every 1,000 children under the age of one are dying), compared to 34 in rural areas, indicating a stagnation in efforts to bridge the rural-urban divide. In any case, the gap has widened marginally over the five years to 2019.
While all states have reduced the difference in IMR between rural and urban areas, the gap remains alarmingly high in Assam and Madhya Pradesh, where rural areas account for 86 percent and 72 percent of the total population, respectively. , Odisha, Rajasthan and Gujarat have shown. Most notable improvement in bridging the gap in IMR between rural and urban areas.
Rural Odisha had the second highest IMR of 68 in the country in 2009, while its urban IMR was 46. This brought the gap down to a single digit and as of 2019, the rural and urban IMRs were 39 and 30 respectively. Similarly, Gujarat has also significantly narrowed the infant survival gap between urban and rural areas over the past decade. In 2009, rural and urban IMRs were 55 and 33, respectively, which narrowed down to 29 and 18 by 2019.
The gap between rural and urban IMR (65 and 35) in 2009 was highest in Rajasthan, and its rural IMR was the highest in India. Not only has it brought down the rural IMR, it has also reduced the gap between rural and urban areas (38 and 25) by 2019, a significant improvement from where it began.
Rural MP continued to have the highest IMR in the country in 2009 (72), 2014 (57) and 2019 (50). Although the IMR of 57 in 2014 was a huge improvement from 72 in 2009, the pace of improvement had slowed by 2019 as the rural IMR dropped to just 50 in 2019. Furthermore, the rural-urban gap was the second largest after Assam, which showed little progress in bridging the gap.
Several states have reduced the rural-urban gap in infant survival to single digits. The gap remains in double digits and is almost unchanged between 2014 and 2019 in UP, where 78% of the population lives in rural areas.
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