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Figure 11: Maternal and Child Health

Source: National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 4 and 5

9.33 Figure 11 shows that the increase in registered pregnancies for which mother received a
Mother Child Protection card was marginally higher in Bihar, Assam and Sikkim at 3 per cent
when compared to West Bengal at 1 per cent. Similarly, we observe similar changes in the
proportion of women who received postnatal care from health care personnel within two days of
delivery in the four states. The three neighbouring states with PM-JAY witnessed slightly higher
utilisation of maternal and child care services at 13 per cent when compared to West Bengal at
11 per cent.
Figure 12: Delivery Care (for births in the 5 years before the survey):
West Bengal versus Adjoining States (Bihar, Sikkim, Assam)

Source: National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 4 and 5
9.34 As per Figure 12, percentage of institutional births increased in all four states. However,
the increase has been larger in West Bengal at 22 per cent when compared to the neighbouring
states at 11 per cent. Percentage of births attended by a skilled personnel also increased more
in West Bengal by 15 per cent and by 8 per cent in the three neighbouring states. While the