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J&K Achieves Single Digit Neonatal Mortality Rate, 16 Point Decrease in Infant Mortality Rate
News 18Jammu and Kashmir has shown record improvement in the last three years in key maternal and child health indicators, with a reduction in neonatal mortality rate and infant mortality rate. The NMR came down 22 points from 23.1 to 9.8, IMR reduced 16 points from 32.4 to 16.3 and the under-five mortality rate saw a 19 point decrease from 37.6 to 18.5, an official spokesperson said, quoting the latest report of the National Family Healthy Survey conducted by the Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Sciences. If we compare the achievements in key health indicators recorded in NFHS-5 report 2019-20 with the NFHS-4 of 2015-16, J&K has recorded 22 points decrease in NMR from 23.1 to 9.8, 16 points decrease in IMR from 32.4 to 16.3 and 19 points decrease in U5MR from 37.6 to 18.5, which is unprecedented and is the reflection of health status of general population, the spokesperson said. He said the report also indicated a positive change towards the girl child in Jammu and Kashmir and recorded improvement in sex ratio at birth from 923 to 976 females per 1,000 males.
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