Country’s child mortality rate has declined substantially between 1990 and 2019. According to the new mortality estimates released by UNICEF, WHO, the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the World Bank Group, the under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) in India declined to 34 in 2019 from 126 in 1990.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020
Key-Points
The country registered a 4.5 per cent annual rate of reduction in under-five mortality between 1990-2019.
The number of under-five deaths in India dropped from 3.4 million in 1990 to 824,000 in 2019.
The infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) in India declined from 89 in 1990 to 28 last year.