Chhattisgarh stands seventh among all States as per the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) per 1,000 live births in the country. As per Sample Registration System (SRS), 2013, the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the country is 40 per 1000 live births which translates into death of an estimated 10.68 lakh children up to the age of one year, annually.
As per SRS 2013, the Neonatal Mortality Rate in India is 28/1000 live births which means that estimated 7.47 lakh newborns die within first four weeks of birth every year in the country This translates into an estimated 44,000 maternal deaths in the country, every year.
The state-wise detail of Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is given below as per (Infant Mortality Rate Per 1,000 live Births) SRS (2013) — Assam (54), Madhya Pradesh ( 54), Odisha (51), Uttar Pradesh (50), Mehglaya (47), Rajasthan (47), Chhattisgarh ( 46), Bihar (42), Haryana (41), Andhra Pradesh (39), Telangana(39), Jammu& Kashmir (37), Jharkhand (37), Gujarat (36), Mizoram (35), Himachal Pradesh (35), Arunachal Pradesh (32), Uttarakhand (32), Dadra & Nagar Haveli (31), West Bengal (31), Karnataka (31), Punjab (26), Tripura (26), Delhi (24), Andman & Nicobar (24), Maharashtra (24), lakshadeep (24), Sikkim (22), Chandigarh (21), Daman & Diu (20), Nagaland (18), Puducherry (17), Kerala ( 12), Manipur (10) and Goa ( 9). Union Health Minister J P Nadda stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha .