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| Awarded no. 1 in Health, J&K's neo-natal death rate highest in country | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Jammu, Nov 7: With 82.1 percent deaths, Jammu and Kashmir has registered highest percentage of neonatal deaths to infant deaths
According to figures unveiled by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the percentage of early neo natal deaths for total infant deaths varies from the lowest level of 38.7 percent in Kerala to the highest level of 82.1 percent in J&K. This is far higher than the national average. The percentage of early neo-natal deaths to the total infant deaths at the national level has been 53.9 and it varies from 54.6 in rural areas to 49.6 in urban areas.
Early neonatal mortality rate (number of infant deaths less than seven days of life per thousand live births) forms an important component of the infant mortality rate and more especially of the neonatal mortality rate. Late Neo- natal deaths refers to the deaths of infants less than 29 days of age. This neonatal mortality rate (neo- natal deaths per thousand live births) at national level is at 33 and ranges from 19 in urban areas to 36 in rural areas.
Reducing the under five mortality rate by two thirds, is the target specified under Millennium Development Goal (MDG). Given to reduce under 5 mortality rate to 42 per thousand live births by 2015, India tends to reach near to 52 by that year missing the target by 10 percentage points. With the historical rate of decline, the States of Delhi, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala are likely to achieve their respective MDG target by 2015.
Apart from high neo-natal rate, Jammu and Kashmir has quit high child Work Participation Rate (WPR) in the country with 6.62 percent child labourers among total children in the age group of 5-14 years. National average is 12.01 percent. It is also to be noted here that there is a general increasing trend in the magnitude of child labour in the northern region of the country.
Other States having higher than the national average of 5 percent WPR for children are Andhra Pradesh (7.7%), Chattisgarh (6.96%), Karnataka (6.91%), Madhya Pradesh (6.71%), Arunachal Pradesh (6.06%), Jharkhand and Assam (5.07%). According to the report, Crimes against children reported a 24% increase. |
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