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2025 Updates in MMR, U5MR, NMR
May 13 , 2025
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- Three States in India — Kerala, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu — have attained the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets in MMR, U5MR, NMR.
- The targets in Maternal Mortality Rate or MMR are <=70 by 2030); Under-Five Mortality Rate or U5MR are <=25 by 2030); and Neonatal Mortality Rate or NMR are <=12 by 2030).
- Eight States have already attained the MMR SDG target, including Kerala (20), Maharashtra (38), Telangana (45), Andhra Pradesh (46), Tamil Nadu (49), Jharkhand (51), Gujarat (53), and Karnataka (63).
- Twelve States/Union Territories have already attained the U5MR SDG target — Kerala (eight), Delhi (14), Tamil Nadu (14), Jammu & Kashmir (16), Maharashtra (16), West Bengal (20), Karnataka (21), Punjab (22), Telangana (22), Himachal Pradesh (23), Andhra Pradesh (24), and Gujarat (24).
- Six States/Union Territories have already attained the NMR SDG target — Kerala (four), Delhi (eight), Tamil Nadu (nine), Maharashtra (11), Jammu & Kashmir (12), and Himachal Pradesh (12).
- India’s MMR had shown a marked reduction, declining by 37 points from 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16 to 93 in 2019-21.
- India’s Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) declined from 39 per 1,000 live births in 2014 to 27 per 1,000 live births in 2021.
- The NMR declined from 26 per 1,000 live births in 2014 to 19 per 1,000 live births in 2021.
- The U5MR declined from 45 per 1,000 live births in 2014 to 31 per 1,000 live births in 2021.
- The Sex Ratio at Birth improved from 899 in 2014 to 913 in 2021.
- The Total Fertility Rate has remained consistent at 2.0 in 2021.
- This is a significant improvement from 2.3 in 2014.
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