Statistics on Women in India 2010 - Nipccd

<strong>Statistics</strong> on Women in India 2010
Variations in Human Development Indicators over time such as birth rates, death rates,
infant mortality rates, expectation of life at birth and literacy in India are given in Table 2.
Table 2: Basic Indicators of Human Development, 1951- 2008
Year Life Literacy Birth Death Infant
Expectancy Rate Rate Rate Mortality
at Birth (percent) (per (per Rate
(years)@ thousand) thousand) (per 1000
live births)
1951 32.1 18.3 39.9 27.4 146
1961 41.3 28.3 41.7 22.8 146
1971 45.6 34.5 36.9 14.9 129
1981 50.4 43.6 33.9 12.5 110
1991 59.4 52.2 29.5 9.8 80
1996 62.4 NA 27.5 9.0 72
1997 NA 62.0* 27.2 8.9 71
1998$ NA NA 26.4 9.0 72
1999$ NA NA 26.1 8.7 70
2000 NA NA $ 25.8 $ 8.5 $ 68
2001 # 65.38 $ 25.4 $ 8.4 $ 66
2001-06 Male 63.87
18
Female 66.91
2002 $ 25.0 $ 8.1 $ 63
2005 23.8 7.6 58
2008 64 22.8 7.4 53
NA: Not Available * Provisional
Notes: Office of the Registrar General of India, Sample Registration System, NSSO Surveys, and Census 2001.
Source: India, Ministry of Finance, Economic Division. (2000)
Economic Survey 1999-2000. New Delhi. p.167.
$ India, Registrar General, Vital <strong>Statistics</strong> Division. (2009). Sample Registration System Bulletins October 2006-2008.
New Delhi. p. 1.
# India, Registrar General and Census Commissioner. (2001). Provisional Population Totals: Paper 1 of 2001:
Census of India 2001. New Delhi. p. 143.
@ National Commission for Women. (2004). A Study of the Implementation of Current Policies, Programmes and
Schemes for Women and Girls in India: A Comparative Study: Volume 1. New Delhi. p.49.