India's Alarming Child Mortality rate & worrisome statistics on Children's Health- A thread +
42 /1000 children die before age of 5
#UttarPradesh, #Bihar (56.4 deaths for every 1,000 live births) & Chhattisgarh (50.4/1,000) have the highest under-five mortality rate.
42 /1000 children die before age of 5
#UttarPradesh, #Bihar (56.4 deaths for every 1,000 live births) & Chhattisgarh (50.4/1,000) have the highest under-five mortality rate.
The 10 Indian states with the highest child mortality rates compare with Afghanistan, & countries in eastern & southern Africa – where some countries have Africa’s most protracted conflicts, according to the World Bank.
As many as 16 /34 Indian states and Union Territories in India have child mortality rates comparable with countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
1/3 rd of Indian children (35.5%) under the age of five were stunted -(when a child’s height is more than two standard deviations below the median height of children of their age based on WHO standards.
Around 46.5% children, were stunted in Meghalaya in 2019-2021, as were 43% in Bihar, as per NFH Survey-5.
Nearly a 1/5 th children (19.3%) across India were wasted – that is, had a weight more than two standard deviations below the median body weight of children of their height, based on WHO standards.
Maharashtra (25.6%) and Gujarat (25.1%) have the most wasted and severely wasted children in the country.
Do read this insightful article published in @scroll_in for details
scroll.in/article/101487…
Do read this insightful article published in @scroll_in for details
scroll.in/article/101487…
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