A Presentation on Maternal Mortality Levels (2010-12).ppt

A Presentation on Maternal Mortality Levels (2010-12) Office of Registrar General, India 20th December 2013 Publications on Maternal Mortality The first report on Maternal Morality in India (1997-2003)-Trends, Causes and Risk Factors released in October, 2006. The special bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India (2004-2006) released in 2009. The special bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India (2007-2009) released in 2011. This special bulletin is the third in the series of Maternal Mortality. * Data Published In this bulletin, data is published on:- Maternal Mortality Ratio(MMR) Maternal Mortality Rate Life time risk * MATERNAL MORTALITY Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) Refers to the number of women who die as a result of complications of pregnancy or childbearing in a given year per 100,000 live births in that year. Maternal Mortality Rate Maternal Mortality Rate is defined as the number of maternal deaths to women in the ages 15-49 per lakh of women in that age group. Life time Risk Life time risk is defined as the probability that, one women of reproductive age (15-49) will die due to child birth or puerperium assuming that chance of death is uniformly distributed across the entire reproductive span. ? * MMR estimates 2010-12: Highlights Results are given at all India and for Major states. Decline in MMR estimates in 2010-12 over 2007-09: For India: 178 from 212 (a fall of about 16 %) In Empowered Action Group (EAG) states Assam: 257 from 308 (16 %) Among Southern States: 105 from 127 (17 %) In Other States: 127 from 149 (15 %) * Levels of MMR by Regions, 2010-12 * EAG and Assam almost 24 women per lakh of women in age group 15-49 are dying due to Maternal causes whereas in Southern States it reduces to only 6. Maternal Mortality Ratio during, 2007-09 2010-12: Best Worst States ? 2007-09 2010-12 Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum EAG AND ASSAM Odisha 258 Assam 390 Bihar 219 Assam 328 SOUTHERN Kerala 81 Karnataka 178 Keral