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10.77 NFHS-5 also shows that not only services are reaching to the public but the intended
outcomes have also improved. All child nutrition indicators have also improved at all India
level. Under Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) has declined from 49.7 in 2015-16 to 41.9 in 2019-21.
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has declined from 40.7 per 1000 live births in 2015-16 to 35.2 per
1000 live births in 2019-21. Stunting has declined from 38 percent in 2015-16 to 36 percent in
2019-21. Wasting has also declined from 21 percent in 2015-16 to 19 percent in 2019-21. And,
underweight declined from 36 percent in 2015-16 to 32 percent in 2019-21. State wise U5MR,
IMR and neonatal mortality rates are shown in Table 12.

Table 12: State wise Child Mortality Indicators

Infant Mortality Under Five Mortal- Neo-natal Mortality
Rate (per 1000 live- ity Rate (per 1000 Rate (deaths per 1000
births) livebirths) live births)
States/UTs
NFHS-4 NFHS-5 NFHS-4 NFHS-5 NFHS-4 NFHS-5
(2015-16) (2019- (2015-16) (2019- (2015-16) (2019-21)
21) 21)
All India 40.7 35.2 49.7 41.9 29.5 24.9
Andhra Pradesh 34.9 30.3 40.8 35.2 19.9 23.6
Arunachal Pradesh 22.9 12.9 32.9 18.8 7.7 11.8
Assam 47.6 31.9 56.5 39.1 22.5 32.8
Bihar 48.1 46.8 58.1 56.4 34.5 36.7
Delhi 31.2 24.5 42.2 30.6 17.8 17.5
Goa 12.9 5.6 12.9 10.6 5.6 12.9
Gujarat 34.2 31.2 43.5 37.6 21.8 26.8
Haryana 32.8 33.3 41.1 38.7 21.6 22.1
Himachal Pradesh 34.3 25.6 37.6 28.9 20.5 25.5
Jammu and Kashmir 32.4 16.3 37.6 18.5 9.8 23.1
Karnataka 26.9 25.4 31.5 29.5 15.8 18.5
Kerala 5.6 4.4 7.1 5.2 3.4 4.4
Madhya Pradesh 51.2 41.3 64.6 49.2 29.0 36.9
Maharashtra 23.7 23.2 28.7 28.0 16.5 16.2
Manipur 21.7 25.0 25.9 30.0 17.2 15.6
Meghalaya 29.9 32.3 39.6 40.0 19.8 18.3
Mizoram 40.1 21.3 46.0 24.0 11.4 11.2
Nagaland 29.5 23.4 37.5 33.0 10.2 16.5
Odisha 39.6 36.3 48.1 41.1 27.0 28.2
Punjab 29.2 28.0 33.2 32.7 21.8 21.2
Rajasthan 41.3 30.3 50.7 37.6 20.2 29.8
Sikkim 29.5 11.2 32.2 11.2 5.0 20.8
Tamil Nadu 20.2 18.6 26.8 22.3 12.7 14.0
Tripura 26.7 37.6 32.7 43.3 22.9 13.2
Uttar Pradesh 63.5 50.4 78.1 59.8 35.7 45.1
West Bengal 27.5 22.0 31.8 25.4 15.5 22.0
Chhattisgarh 54.0 44.3 64.3 50.4 32.4 42.1
Jharkhand 43.8 37.9 54.3 45.4 28.2 33.0