CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s child mortality rate has declined substantially between 1990 and 2019, according to a new UN report. 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 8, 24, 000 in 2019.

Detailed explanation-2: -The country also witnessed a decrease in neonatal mortality rate between 1990 and 2019 from 57 to 22 - 1.5 million neonatal deaths in 1990 to 522, 000 deaths in 2019.

Detailed explanation-3: -Since 1990, the global under-5 mortality rate has dropped by 60%, from 93 deaths per 1, 000 live births in 1990 to 37 in 2020.

Detailed explanation-4: -As per the Sample Registration System (SRS) Bulletin of Registrar General of India (RGI), the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has reduced from 37 per 1000 live births in 2015 to 30 per 1, 000 live births in 2019 at National Level.

Detailed explanation-5: -Recent Trends in Fetal and Infant Mortality Over the more recent period, 1990 to 2001, the IMR declined 26 percent (from 9.2 to 6.8 per 1, 000) for an average decrease of 3 percent per year (3) (Table 1 and Figure 2).