List of Indian states by infant mortality rate

This is a list of Indian states and union territories by infant mortality rates in 2019. The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. The data is taken from the Sample Registration Survey published by the Indian Ministry of Health. ^[1] This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. According to this national data India's IMR stood at 30 per 1,000 live births in 2019, while according to the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation it stood at 28 per 1,000 live births. ^[2]

Indian states by Infant mortality rate (2019)

List

Rank	State	Infant mortality per 1000
		2019	2015
0	India	26	37
1	Nagaland	3	12
1	Mizoram	3	32
3	Sikkim	5	18
4	Kerala	6	12
5	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	7	20
6	Tamil Nadu	8	19
6	Goa	8	9
6	Lakshadweep	8	20
9	Puducherry	9	11
10	Manipur	10	9
11	Delhi	11	18
11	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	11	21
13	Chandigarh	13	21
14	Daman and Diu	17	18
14	Maharashtra	17	21
16	Punjab	19	23
16	Himachal Pradesh	19	28
18	Jammu and Kashmir	20	26
18	West Bengal	20	26
20	Tripura	21	20
20	Karnataka	21	28
22	Telangana	23	34
23	Gujarat	25	33
23	Andhra Pradesh	25	37
25	Jharkhand	27	32
25	Uttarakhand	27	34
25	Haryana	27	36
28	Arunachal Pradesh	29	30
28	Bihar	29	42
30	Meghalaya	33	42
31	Rajasthan	35	43
32	Odisha	38	46
33	Chhattisgarh	40	41
33	Assam	40	47
35	Uttar Pradesh	41	46
36	Madhya Pradesh	46	50

References

1. "Infant Mortality and Maternal Mortality in Indian states". www.pib.gov.in. 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
2. "Infant Mortality in 2019". www.childmortality.org. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2024-03-28.