Special bulletin on Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in India 2016-18 is released by the Office of the Registrar General’s Sample Registration System (SRS).
According to recent report MMR in India has declined to 113 in 2016-18 from 122 in 2015-17 and 130 in 2014-2016.
The southern states registered a lower MMR: Andhra Pradesh (65), Telangana (63), Karnataka (92), Kerala (43), and Tamil Nadu (60).
The Northern states registered a higher MMR: Assam (215), Bihar (149), Madhya Pradesh (173), Chhattisgarh (159), Odisha (150), Rajasthan (164), Uttar Pradesh (197) and Uttarakhand (99).
MMR is defined as the number of maternal deaths per 1,00,000 live births.