Kerala has the lowest infant mortality rate (IMR) of 11 deaths per 1,000 live births, followed by Mizoram and Goa with an IMR of 16. Orissa has the highest IMR of 83, Madhya Pradesh’s IMR is 82, and Uttar Pradesh’s is 76
Life in Uttar Pradesh is short and uncertain. Female expects to
less than 55 years and the under-fire mortality rate is as high as 141 per thousands. In
these respects Uttar Pradesh. resembles Saharan Africa for with 53 years of life
expectancy and 160 under five mortality rate. Among all major Indian states, Uttar Prdesh
has the highest under five mortality rate, the second highest crude death rate and the
third lowest life expectancy figure. The number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live birth
in the state estimated to be 931 in the mid 1980s.
If a girl is born in Kerala she can
expect to live 20 years longer than if she is born in Uttar Pradesh. The probability that
she will die before the age of one is more than six times as high in Uttar Pradesh than in
Kerala.