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. 2020 May 23;395(10237):1640–1658. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30471-2

Table 1.

U5MR and NMR in the states of India in 2000, 2010, and 2017

U5MR per 1000 livebirths
NMR per 1000 livebirths
Ratio of NMR to U5MR, 2017
2000 2010 2017 Annual rate of change, 2000–10 Annual rate of change, 2010–17 Annual rate of change, 2000–17 2000 2010 2017 Annual rate of change, 2000–10 Annual rate of change, 2010–17 Annual rate of change, 2000–17
India (1380 million) 83·1 (76·7 to 90·1) 58·6 (53·0 to 65·0) 42·4 (36·5 to 50·0) −3·43% (−3·71 to −3·17) −4·56% (−6·18 to −2·85) −3·90% (−4·52 to −3·17) 38·0 (34·2 to 41·6) 29·9 (26·5 to 33·4) 23·5 (20·1 to 27·8) −2·38% (−2·71 to −2·08) −3·44% (−5·10 to −1·63) −2·82% (−3·50 to −2·07) 0·55
Low SDI states (675 million)
Bihar 88·8 (81·5 to 96·2) 60·3 (54·8 to 66·1) 43·8 (37·9 to 51·1) −1·95% (−2·60 to −1·31) −4·51% (−7·10 to −1·73) −4·09% (−5·23 to −2·97) 36·5 (31·1 to 41·9) 28·9 (25·2 to 33·0) 23·4 (20·0 to 27·8) −2·28% (−3·01 to −1·52) −3·04% (−5·77 to −0·09) −2·60% (−3·80 to −1·46) 0·53
Madhya Pradesh 110·5 (101·4 to 120·6) 75·4 (68·4 to 82·7) 50·7 (43·9 to 59·2) −3·75% (−4·22 to −3·24) −5·56% (−8·07 to −3·21) −4·50% (−5·56 to −3·46) 48·3 (41·4 to 54·8) 36·8 (31·2 to 42·6) 26·9 (23·0 to 31·7) −2·69% (−3·25 to −2·09) −4·44% (−6·96 to −1·98) −3·42% (−4·55 to −2·39) 0·53
Jharkhand 87·2 (78·4 to 96·0) 60·1 (54·2 to 66·7) 43·9 (37·9 to 51·2) −3·66% (−4·32 to −3·01) −4·44% (−6·97 to −1·73) −3·99% (−5·00 to −2·89) 37·5 (32·4 to 43·0) 28·7 (23·6 to 33·8) 22·9 (19·8 to 26·7) −2·64% (−3·37 to −1·89) −3·26% (−5·94 to −0·37) −2·90% (−3·98 to −1·76) 0·52
Uttar Pradesh 112·8 (101·8 to 125·0) 81·8 (74·3 to 89·7) 59·7 (51·8 to 69·7) −3·16% (−3·61 to −2·74) −4·43% (−6·60 to −2·14) −3·69% (−4·56 to −2·73) 48·2 (41·1 to 55·8) 39·4 (34·4 to 44·5) 31·7 (27·3 to 37·2) −1·99% (−2·49 to −1·50) −3·10% (−5·46 to −0·66) −2·45% (−3·40 to −1·42) 0·53
Rajasthan 90·5 (81·0 to 100·7) 64·9 (59·1 to 71·0) 48·3 (41·8 to 56·4) −2·85% (−3·73 to −2·00) −4·19% (−6·53 to −1·84) −3·65% (−4·59 to −2·69) 40·5 (34·8 to 46·4) 33·2 (29·1 to 37·5) 26·5 (22·8 to 31·0) −1·97% (−2·60 to −1·30) −3·21% (−5·70 to −0·92) −2·49% (−3·51 to −1·49) 0·55
Chhattisgarh 94·7 (85·4 to 104·3) 68·8 (60·8 to 77·8) 47·7 (41·3 to 55·7) −3·80% (−4·45 to −3·10) −5·13% (−7·84 to −2·42) −3·97% (−5·09 to −2·81) 48·2 (42·1 to 55·0) 39·5 (32·9 to 46·3) 29·2 (25·3 to 34·0) −1·97% (−2·84 to −1·13) −4·26% (−7·06 to −1·37) −2·92% (−4·07 to −1·69) 0·61
Odisha 99·1 (90·2 to 108·1) 68·3 (60·6 to 77·6) 49·1 (42·4 to 57·2) −5·75% (−6·58 to −4·94) −4·66% (−7·37 to −2·12) −4·07% (−5·17 to −3·00) 45·3 (39·9 to 51·1) 33·2 (27·7 to 39·0) 25·5 (21·8 to 30·2) −3·06% (−3·84 to −2·23) −3·78% (−6·66 to −1·09) −3·36% (−4·50 to −2·21) 0·52
Assam 87·6 (79·6 to 96·1) 71·9 (63·7 to 81·4) 54·9 (47·5 to 64·0) −5·82% (−7·02 to −4·46) −3·83% (−6·53 to −1·11) −2·73% (−3·81 to −1·66) 43·5 (38·1 to 49·3) 36·4 (30·6 to 42·5) 29·5 (25·1 to 35·0) −1·77% (−2·54 to −1·00) −3·00% (−5·87 to −0·38) −2·28% (−3·40 to −1·13) 0·54
Middle SDI states (387 million)
Andhra Pradesh 81·8 (75·1 to 88·9) 55·3 (44·4 to 67·3) 36·1 (25·9 to 50·8) −1·69% (−2·52 to −0·84) −5·97% (−8·77 to −2·83) −4·73% (−5·99 to −3·46) 37·1 (31·0 to 43·1) 28·4 (22·2 to 35·7) 20·1 (14·2 to 28·3) −2·64% (−3·84 to −1·48) −4·90% (−7·86 to −1·61) −3·58% (−4·91 to −2·25) 0·56
West Bengal 65·2 (59·3 to 71·5) 42·7 (35·1 to 51·0) 29·2 (25·2 to 34·2) −4·15% (−4·93 to −3·40) −5·35% (−8·03 to −2·59) −4·65% (−5·80 to −3·52) 31·9 (28·0 to 36·2) 23·8 (19·0 to 29·2) 17·8 (15·3 to 20·8) −2·86% (−3·71 to −2·02) −4·17% (−6·97 to −1·38) −3·41% (−4·63 to −2·20) 0·61
Tripura 61·2 (55·5 to 67·4) 44·9 (36·8 to 54·8) 34·0 (29·3 to 39·8) −4·62% (−5·89 to −3·41) −3·97% (−7·29 to −0·47) −3·43% (−4·89 to −2·09) 29·9 (25·7 to 34·4) 23·3 (18·1 to 29·6) 18·7 (16·3 to 22·0) −2·46% (−3·53 to −1·36) −3·15% (−6·61 to 0·37) −2·75% (−4·30 to −1·39) 0·55
Arunachal Pradesh 73·0 (65·9 to 80·7) 40·1 (34·8 to 46·1) 27·3 (23·6 to 32·0) −3·84% (−4·91 to −2·79) −5·39% (−8·74 to −2·17) −5·64% (−7·15 to −4·22) 28·7 (24·2 to 33·4) 19·2 (15·8 to 22·9) 14·4 (12·4 to 16·9) −3·92% (−5·25 to −2·45) −4·08% (−7·35 to −0·81) −3·99% (−5·54 to −2·49) 0·53
Meghalaya 66·0 (60·0 to 72·6) 49·2 (42·8 to 56·3) 39·1 (33·7 to 45·6) −2·90% (−3·67 to −2·16) −3·29% (−6·20 to −0·29) −3·06% (−4·27 to −1·84) 24·9 (20·6 to 29·7) 21·5 (17·1 to 26·0) 18·8 (16·1 to 22·1) −1·43% (−2·28 to −0·59) −1·98% (−5·01 to 1·21) −1·66% (−2·88 to −0·36) 0·48
Karnataka 64·9 (59·2 to 70·9) 44·5 (39·1 to 50·4) 31·7 (27·4 to 37·1) −3·69% (−4·72 to −2·67) −4·81% (−8·18 to −1·29) −4·16% (−5·56 to −2·87) 33·0 (29·4 to 36·9) 24·2 (20·5 to 28·3) 18·3 (15·8 to 21·5) −3·05% (−4·22 to −1·94) −3·96% (−7·40 to −0·31) −3·43% (−4·87 to −2·06) 0·58
Telangana 73·0 (65·2 to 80·6) 45·5 (36·3 to 56·2) 28·6 (20·6 to 40·3) −5·13% (−6·27 to −3·93) −6·47% (−9·71 to −3·16) −5·39% (−6·72 to −3·99) 34·4 (29·0 to 39·8) 25·2 (19·1 to 32·5) 17·6 (12·5 to 24·9) −3·07% (−4·40 to −1·73) −5·07% (−8·40 to −1·55) −3·90% (−5·32 to −2·39) 0·62
Gujarat 72·7 (66·0 to 79·9) 49·9 (44·2 to 56·8) 38·1 (33·0 to 44·5) −3·70% (−4·73 to −2·69) −3·81% (−6·79 to −0·78) −3·75% (−4·97 to −2·53) 36·5 (32·2 to 41·0) 28·0 (23·7 to 32·5) 23·1 (19·9 to 27·1) −2·62% (−3·70 to −1·56) −2·76% (−5·81 to 0·29) −2·68% (−3·92 to −1·41) 0·61
Manipur 47·3 (42·5 to 52·3) 31·4 (27·4 to 36·1) 24·9 (21·5 to 29·3) −4·01% (−5·18 to −2·82) −3·33% (−6·67 to −0·06) −3·73% (−5·18 to −2·34) 21·9 (18·5 to 25·5) 16·5 (13·8 to 19·7) 13·8 (12·0 to 16·0) −2·79% (−4·05 to −1·46) −2·62% (−6·02 to 0·62) −2·72% (−4·21 to −1·24) 0·55
Jammu and Kashmir* 57·9 (52·4 to 63·5) 43·5 (38·2 to 49·5) 33·4 (28·9 to 39·0) −2·81% (−3·97 to −1·63) −3·75% (−6·64 to −0·96) −3·20% (−4·48 to −2·09) 27·8 (24·5 to 31·6) 24·0 (20·4 to 27·7) 19·7 (17·0 to 23·0) −1·46% (−2·77 to −0·08) −2·85% (−5·72 to −0·03) −2·04% (−3·37 to −0·80) 0·59
Haryana 73·2 (66·5 to 80·5) 54·6 (48·4 to 62·2) 39·3 (34·0 to 46·0) −2·88% (−3·62 to −2·12) −4·63% (−7·21 to −2·04) −3·61% (−4·73 to −2·57) 30·1 (26·2 to 34·3) 25·6 (21·7 to 30·5) 20·0 (17·2 to 23·5) −1·60% (−2·41 to −0·77) −3·52% (−6·18 to −0·76) −2·40% (−3·53 to −1·33) 0·51
High SDI states (318 million)
Uttarakhand 58·1 (52·1 to 64·5) 43·0 (37·8 to 49·1) 30·3 (26·2 to 35·5) −2·97% (−3·79 to −2·12) −4·90% (−7·47 to −2·25) −3·77% (−4·86 to −2·70) 27·0 (23·4 to 30·6) 22·0 (17·8 to 26·4) 17·1 (14·8 to 20·0) −2·00% (−2·89 to −1·05) −3·64% (−6·25 to −0·82) −2·68% (−3·79 to −1·57) 0·56
Tamil Nadu 51·4 (47·0 to 56·4) 30·3 (25·2 to 36·4) 19·6 (16·9 to 23·0) −3·47% (−4·72 to −2·20) −6·13% (−9·90 to −2·31) −5·55% (−7·06 to −3·93) 25·4 (22·6 to 28·6) 16·8 (13·7 to 20·4) 11·3 (9·7 to 13·3) −4·08% (−5·41 to −2·89) −5·52% (−9·37 to −1·80) −4·68% (−6·33 to −2·96) 0·58
Mizoram 44·0 (39·6 to 48·8) 44·1 (38·5 to 50·5) 36·3 (31·4 to 42·5) 0·02% (−1·14 to 1·12) −2·81% (−6·10 to 0·54) −1·16% (−2·55 to 0·24) 19·9 (17·0 to 23·1) 21·1 (17·4 to 24·9) 18·1 (15·6 to 21·3) 0·59% (−0·62 to 1·82) −2·20% (−5·62 to 1·25) −0·57% (−2·08 to 0·84) 0·50
Maharashtra 54·0 (49·2 to 59·3) 36·7 (30·4 to 44·0) 26·1 (22·5 to 30·6) −3·78% (−4·71 to −2·84) −4·83% (−7·88 to −1·92) −4·22% (−5·38 to −3·01) 31·1 (27·5 to 34·8) 22·6 (18·6 to 27·0) 17·0 (14·7 to 20·0) −3·14% (−4·12 to −2·10) −4·00% (−7·02 to −0·98) −3·50% (−4·75 to −2·27) 0·65
Punjab 55·6 (50·5 to 61·0) 41·6 (36·6 to 47·4) 29·7 (25·6 to 34·6) −3·66% (−4·39 to −2·89) −4·77% (−7·36 to −2·09) −3·65% (−4·76 to −2·55) 26·3 (23·2 to 29·7) 21·4 (18·2 to 25·0) 16·4 (14·1 to 19·2) −2·04% (−2·99 to −1·09) −3·78% (−6·50 to −0·98) −2·76% (−3·95 to −1·63) 0·55
Sikkim 47·5 (42·3 to 52·8) 33·4 (28·7 to 38·4) 21·9 (18·8 to 25·7) −3·26% (−3·82 to −2·72) −5·90% (−8·83 to −2·78) −4·48% (−5·75 to −3·13) 22·5 (18·7 to 26·8) 17·2 (13·2 to 21·4) 12·1 (10·5 to 14·0) −2·66% (−4·00 to −1·32) −4·99% (−7·98 to −1·73) −3·63% (−4·99 to −2·18) 0·55
Nagaland 60·4 (54·2 to 66·9) 41·8 (36·4 to 47·8) 34·8 (30·0 to 40·6) −3·62% (−4·65 to −2·50) −2·66% (−5·78 to 0·33) −3·23% (−4·54 to −1·97) 25·1 (20·4 to 30·7) 17·9 (14·0 to 22·5) 15·8 (13·7 to 18·6) −3·30% (−4·51 to −2·01) −1·84% (−5·13 to 1·26) −2·71% (−4·09 to −1·36) 0·45
Himachal Pradesh 52·2 (47·1 to 57·6) 40·6 (35·6 to 46·3) 31·4 (27·1 to 36·6) −2·47% (−3·69 to −1·28) −3·69% (−6·46 to −0·99) −2·98% (−4·28 to −1·78) 27·2 (24·0 to 30·6) 22·8 (19·0 to 26·9) 18·6 (16·1 to 21·7) −1·78% (−3·07 to −0·50) −2·92% (−5·81 to −0·12) −2·25% (−3·61 to −1·03) 0·59
Union Territories other than Delhi 35·2 (29·7 to 41·4) 29·7 (24·5 to 36·1) 22·9 (19·7 to 26·9) −3·05% (−4·01 to −2·00) −3·68% (−5·77 to −1·53) −2·52% (−3·45 to −1·49) 19·7 (16·4 to 23·3) 17·7 (14·0 to 21·8) 14·1 (12·2 to 16·7) −1·07% (−1·99 to −0·14) −3·15% (−5·28 to −0·90) −1·93% (−2·89 to −0·88) 0·62
Kerala 19·9 (17·5 to 22·6) 12·9 (11·1 to 15·0) 10·4 (9·0 to 12·2) −4·26% (−5·81 to −2·64) −3·10% (−7·16 to 1·36) −3·79% (−5·71 to −1·92) 12·9 (11·3 to 14·7) 8·7 (7·3 to 10·2) 7·1 (6·1 to 8·4) −3·95% (−5·65 to −2·22) −2·81% (−6·97 to 1·76) −3·49% (−5·34 to −1·59) 0·68
Delhi 57·5 (52·0 to 63·2) 31·8 (26·6 to 38·3) 25·1 (21·7 to 29·4) −3·15% (−3·93 to −2·43) −3·38% (−6·12 to −0·58) −4·78% (−5·97 to −3·70) 31·1 (26·4 to 35·7) 19·5 (15·8 to 23·9) 16·1 (13·9 to 18·8) −4·55% (−5·44 to −3·64) −2·79% (−5·63 to 0·05) −3·83% (−5·06 to −2·73) 0·64
Goa 35·2 (30·8 to 40·4) 24·2 (20·2 to 28·5) 18·8 (13·5 to 26·6) −3·69% (−5·54 to −1·82) −3·66% (−8·05 to 0·51) −3·69% (−5·58 to −1·76) 19·5 (16·8 to 22·6) 13·9 (11·1 to 17·0) 11·0 (7·8 to 15·6) −3·31% (−5·34 to −1·26) −3·50% (−7·90 to 0·83) −3·40% (−5·43 to −1·39) 0·58

Data in parentheses are 95% uncertainty intervals; the population of each state SDI group in 2017 is shown in parentheses. States are listed in increasing order of SDI in 2017. U5MR=under-5 mortality rate. NMR=neonatal mortality rate. SDI=Socio-demographic Index.

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The state of Jammu and Kashmir was divided into two union territories in August, 2019; as we are reporting findings up to 2017, we report findings for the undivided state of Jammu and Kashmir.