Union Health Ministry today released the National Health Profile, which provides comprehensive information related to health sector. The NHP focuses on key information regarding the nation’s overall health status, financing, infrastructure and human resources in health. Speaking at the launch of the National Health Profile in New Delhi, Health Minister J P Nadda said the future course of direction, strengths and weaknesses in the health sector can be gauged by the data in the National Health Profile.
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According to the latest data available, estimated birth rate declined from 25.8 in 2000 to 21.6 in 2012 while the death rate declined from 8.5 to 7.0 per 1000 population. Maternal mortality ratio is highest in Assam, with 300 per one lakh live births and the lowest in Kerala, with 61 per one lakh live births. Infant mortality rate in the country has come down by nearly 50 percent during 1990 to 2012, with the present level being 42 per 1000 live births.
The malaria death rate in the country was 0.09 deaths per lakh population in 2000 which has come down to 0.04 deaths per lakh population in 2012. Prevalence rate of TB in India has come down from 465 per one lakh population in 1990 to 249 in 2011 per one lakh population.
