Table 1.
Trends in Under-Five Mortality Rates by Major States in Rural India for Five Years Preceding the NFHS-1 (1992-93) and NFHS-3 (2005-06)
| States | Under-five mortality rates per 1000 live births for five years preceding the survey | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NFHS-1 (1992-93) | NFHS-3 (2005-06) | Percentage Decline | |
| Andhra Pradesh | 97.1 | 73.8 | 24.0 |
| Arunachal Pradesh* | 72.0 | 87.7 | -21.8 |
| Assam | 146.1 | 86.8 | 40.6 |
| Bihar | 139.2 | 86.2 | 38.1 |
| Chhattisgarh | 96.7 | 96.4 | 0.3 |
| Delhi* | 83.1 | 46.7 | 43.8 |
| Goa | 38.0 | 15.3 | 59.7 |
| Gujarat | 108.2 | 71.5 | 33.9 |
| Haryana | 107.0 | 61.2 | 42.8 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 71.0 | 44.7 | 37.0 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 61.2 | 51.2 | 16.3 |
| Jharkhand | 112.8 | 101.2 | 10.3 |
| Karnataka | 94.4 | 61.5 | 34.9 |
| Kerala | 38.5 | 15.5 | 59.7 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 162.2 | 104.3 | 35.7 |
| Maharashtra | 81.1 | 58.7 | 27.6 |
| Meghalaya* | 86.9 | 70.5 | 18.9 |
| Mizoram* | 29.3 | 52.9 | -80.5 |
| Nagaland* | 20.7 | 64.7 | -212.6 |
| Manipur* | 61.7 | 41.9 | 32.1 |
| Orissa | 135.1 | 97.1 | 28.1 |
| Punjab | 71.8 | 53.0 | 26.2 |
| Rajasthan | 107.5 | 87.4 | 18.7 |
| Tamil Nadu | 98.0 | 43.2 | 55.9 |
| Tripura* | 104.6 | 59.2 | -43.4 |
| Uttarakhand | 96.4 | 65.1 | 32.5 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 154.2 | 100.0 | 35.1 |
| West Bengal | 104.0 | 64.1 | 38.4 |
| EAG States as a whole | 160.5 | 93.7 | 41.6 |
| India as a whole | 119.4 | 82.0 | 31.3 |
*
Data represent under-five mortality rates for the complete states