TNPSC Thervupettagam

Tamilnadu Maternal Mortality Ratio 2023-24

August 2 , 2024 10 hrs 0 min 20 0
  • Tamil Nadu’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) recorded a significant drop during 2023-24.
  • MMR is declining by over six points to reach 45.5 per one lakh live births.
  • Virudhunagar Health Unit District (HUD) recorded nil maternal deaths during the same period.
  • MMR has dropped from 52.2 per one lakh live births during 2022-2023 to 45.5 during 2023-24.
  • Earlier, MMR dropped each year by two to three points.
  • However, during 2023-24, the MMR dropped by 6.7 points.
  • Norway had the lowest MMR at 1.8 per one lakh live births.
  • Other European countries, such as Sweden and Finland, also have achieved the gold standard of having a single-digit MMR.

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