Table 1.

Baseline characteristics (pre-JGY) of Gujarat and Maharashtra

	Gujarat	Maharashtra	Reference period	Source
Rural population as a percentage of total population	63	58	2001	Census 2001
Percentage of electrified rural households	72	65	2001	Census 2001
Average rural population covered per primary health center (PHC)	31,666	31,523	As of Mar. 30, 2001	Institute of Applied Manpower Research Yearbook
Population served per government hospital bed	1564	1325	Gujarat: as of Jan. 1, 2004 Maharashtra: as of Sept. 1, 2004	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Percentage of infants immunized under 20-point program	84	89	As of Sept. 1, 2003	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Percentage of pregnant women receiving at least one antenatal check-up	88	93	2002–2004	District Level Household Survey (DLHS)–II

All statistics were sourced from https://www.indiastat.com/ [39]. The column “Source” refers to original data source as per https://www.indiastat.com/