From 2003 to 2007, NMR of india remained at 36...means 36 baby per 1000 live births, die within 4wks of life, which is 5 in developed country and target for Millennium Development Goal.
Of the 4 million neonatal deaths globally, India alone accounts for 0.9 million..means 1/4th. Another 55 babies die per thousand within the first year of birth.
Rural India accounts for a majority of these deaths.
But,income does not play a major role as per data.Kerala,lower per capita income than Punjab, has lowerer NMR than Punjab.
The reason could be socio-economic, including education, low age of women at marriage and childbirth, inadequate nutrition and lack of the minimum three-year interval between births.
Simple interventions can cut down the figure by a considerable margin. The main reasons of infant mortality are lack of breastfeeding, providing inadequate warmth to the baby after birth, and infections.Illiteracy and superstition complicates futher.
NMR(Unicef, 2007)
Orissa/Madhya Pradesh 49,Uttar Pradesh 48,Rajasthan 44,Chhattisgarh 41,J&K 39.
better one.....Kerala 7,Delhi 20,Tamil Nadu 23,Maharashtra 25,Karnataka 26.
SO PLZ SAVE EVERY NEWBORN.
GIVE WARMTH,PROMOTE BREASTFEEDING,PEVENT INFECTION.
SMALL THINGS DO MATTER....
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