Table 7. Estimated infant mortality rate and under-five mortality rate for five-year periods preceding the survey by place of residence and poverty level, India, 2005–06.
Poverty | Combined | Rural | Urban | |||||||||
IMR | 95% CI | U5MR | 95% CI | IMR | 95% CI | U5MR | 95% CI | IMR | 95% CI | U5MR | 95% CI | |
Over all poverty status | ||||||||||||
Non-poor | 40 | 38–43 | 53 | 51–55 | 48 | 45–52 | 64 | 61–67 | 31 | 27–34 | 39 | 36–41 |
Moderate poor | 57 | 54–61 | 78 | 75–81 | 60 | 56–65 | 85 | 81–89 | 53 | 47–58 | 65 | 61–70 |
Abject poor | 64 | 60–69 | 103 | 99–107 | 67 | 62–73 | 110 | 106–115 | 57 | 49–65 | 84 | 78–91 |
Poor including abject poor | 60 | 57–63 | 88 | 86–91 | 63 | 60–67 | 99 | 93–99 | 54 | 50–59 | 72 | 69–76 |
All | 52 | 50–54 | 73 | 72–75 | 57 | 55–60 | 84 | 82–86 | 42 | 40–45 | 56 | 54–58 |
Health Dimension | ||||||||||||
Health poor | 56 | 53–60 | 88 | 84–91 | 60 | 56–64 | 95 | 91–99 | 49 | 43–55 | 70 | 65–76 |
Health non-poor | 49 | 47–52 | 67 | 66–69 | 56 | 53–59 | 78 | 76–81 | 40 | 37–44 | 52 | 49–54 |
Education Dimension | ||||||||||||
Educationally poor | 64 | 60–68 | 95 | 92–99 | 65 | 60–70 | 100 | 97–104 | 60 | 52–69 | 80 | 74–86 |
Educationally Non-poor | 47 | 45–50 | 64 | 62–65 | 54 | 51–57 | 74 | 72–77 | 39 | 36–42 | 49 | 47–52 |
Wealth Dimension | ||||||||||||
Wealth poor | 64 | 60–68 | 99 | 96–103 | 69 | 63–74 | 112 | 107–116 | 57 | 52–64 | 81 | 76–86 |
Wealth Non-poor | 47 | 45–49 | 63 | 61–64 | 53 | 50–56 | 73 | 71–76 | 36 | 33–39 | 45 | 43–48 |