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- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found out that the Under-5 mortality in India was higher than in any other country in 2015.Under-5 mortality means probability of dying between birth and age 5 which is expressed per 1,000 live births.
- Researchers have said that while India has reduced its annual mortality among children under five from 2.5 million in 2000 to 1.2 million in 2015 but it was still the highest in the world.
- The researchers have further noted that there exists large disparities in the child mortality rate between richer and poorer states.Among the states,the highest mortality rate is in Assam at 73.1 per 1,000 which was more than seven times that in Goa’s 9.7 per 1,000.
- The major reasons which featured prominently as causes of death in higher-mortality states were due to preterm complications and preventable infectious diseases.
- Researchers have suggested that India can accelerate its reduction of under-five mortality rates by scaling up vaccine coverage and improving childbirth and neonatal care especially in states where mortality rates remain high.




