<p class="title">India has registered significant decline in mortality rate of children under five years of age, according to the recently-released 2016 sample registration system (SRS) bulletin.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Under-five mortality rate (U5MR) in India showed an impressive decline of 9%, from 43 per 1,000 in 2015 to 39 per 1,000 in 2016, it said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to a health ministry statement, for the first time, the number of under-five deaths in the country have come down to below 1 million with nearly 1,20,000 fewer under-five deaths in 2016 as compared to 2015.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Most of the states have shown good progress in reduction of under-five child mortality in 2016 from the previous year. However, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Uttarakhand, showed a slight increase over the previous year, while Telangana, showed no change in 2016.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congratulating all those associated with this "remarkable feat", Union Health Minister J P Nadda said the results signify that the strategic approach of the government in the matter is yielding dividends and putting focus on low- performance states is paying off.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said India is on track of meeting the target of bringing under-five mortality rate down to 25 by 2030 under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The SRS Bulletin also stated that gender gap in India for child survival is reducing steadily with difference between female and male under-five mortality rates reducing to 11%. It was 17% in 2014.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The current under-five mortality for male is 37 per 1000, while for female child it is 41 per 1000 live births.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Among the bigger states, seven - Chattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana - have reversed the gender gap in survival of female child.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have reversed the gender gap in under-five survival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Telangana, West Bengal, Odisha, Punjab and Delhi have depicted less than 5% gap in mortality of female child and are within striking distance to reverse the gender gap.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The maximum gender gap in survival of under-five for female child is in Bihar (46% higher mortality for female child), followed by Haryana (23%), Kerala (20%), Assam and Karnataka (19% each) and Rajasthan (17%).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The SRS Bulletin also shows that the neonatal mortality rate has reduced by 1 point from 25 per 1,000 live births to 24 per 1,000 live births.</p>
<p class="title">India has registered significant decline in mortality rate of children under five years of age, according to the recently-released 2016 sample registration system (SRS) bulletin.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Under-five mortality rate (U5MR) in India showed an impressive decline of 9%, from 43 per 1,000 in 2015 to 39 per 1,000 in 2016, it said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to a health ministry statement, for the first time, the number of under-five deaths in the country have come down to below 1 million with nearly 1,20,000 fewer under-five deaths in 2016 as compared to 2015.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Most of the states have shown good progress in reduction of under-five child mortality in 2016 from the previous year. However, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Uttarakhand, showed a slight increase over the previous year, while Telangana, showed no change in 2016.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congratulating all those associated with this "remarkable feat", Union Health Minister J P Nadda said the results signify that the strategic approach of the government in the matter is yielding dividends and putting focus on low- performance states is paying off.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said India is on track of meeting the target of bringing under-five mortality rate down to 25 by 2030 under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The SRS Bulletin also stated that gender gap in India for child survival is reducing steadily with difference between female and male under-five mortality rates reducing to 11%. It was 17% in 2014.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The current under-five mortality for male is 37 per 1000, while for female child it is 41 per 1000 live births.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Among the bigger states, seven - Chattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana - have reversed the gender gap in survival of female child.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have reversed the gender gap in under-five survival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Telangana, West Bengal, Odisha, Punjab and Delhi have depicted less than 5% gap in mortality of female child and are within striking distance to reverse the gender gap.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The maximum gender gap in survival of under-five for female child is in Bihar (46% higher mortality for female child), followed by Haryana (23%), Kerala (20%), Assam and Karnataka (19% each) and Rajasthan (17%).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The SRS Bulletin also shows that the neonatal mortality rate has reduced by 1 point from 25 per 1,000 live births to 24 per 1,000 live births.</p>