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(i) Child and Infant Mortality<br />

It is estimated that nearly 26 million infant are born each year in India, of whom 1.2<br />

million die before completion of first four weeks of life. About 1.7 million children die<br />

before reaching their first birth day in India, representing a tremendous waste of human<br />

potential and a pressing need to meet the MDG to reduce child and infant mortality by<br />

two-thirds by 2015. Between 1991 and 2005, the all India infant mortality rate (IMR)<br />

decreased from 80 to 58 and the IMR of Tamil Nadu from 57 to 37 (Appendix Table<br />

1.11). If reduction of IMR continues at its current rate, India and Tamil Nadu are not<br />

likely to meet this goal. The IMR will reach the level of 27.2 in 2015 in Tamil Nadu as<br />

against the target rate of 19.6. Tamil Nadu’s rural IMR was 70.4 in 1990. Our projection<br />

indicates that the rural IMR will likely to be 31.7 in 2015 as against the target level of<br />

23.5 in Tamil Nadu (Table 1.16).<br />

Details<br />

Table 1.16: Health Related Medium Development Goals<br />

Value in<br />

1990<br />

MDG Target<br />

Value in 2015<br />

Average<br />

Annual<br />

Growth Rate<br />

Projected<br />

Value in<br />

2015<br />

Status<br />

Projected<br />

Year of<br />

Achieving<br />

Target<br />

IMR<br />

Tamil Nadu 58.79 19.6 -0.0304 27.17 Off-track 2027.2<br />

Rural IMR<br />

Tamil Nadu 70.35 23.45 -0.0314 31.68 Off-track 2024.4<br />

Under 5 Mortality Rate<br />

Tamil Nadu 95.99 31.9 -0.0507 26.1 On-track 2011<br />

Children (12-23 months) received Measles Vaccine (%)<br />

Tamil Nadu 68.7 100 0.0199 100 On-track 2009<br />

% Births attended by Skilled Health personal<br />

Tamil Nadu 72.89 100 0.0155 107 On-track 2010<br />

Institutional Births<br />

Tamil Nadu 61 100 0.0266 117.5 On-track 2008<br />

% Currently Married Women (15-49) use Contraceptive<br />

Tamil Nadu 47.55 100 0.0172 72.81 Off-track 2033<br />

% Household access Safe Drinking Water (Total)<br />

Tamil Nadu 65.8 82.9 0.0242 119.6 On-track 2000<br />

% Household access Safe Drinking Water (Rural)<br />

Tamil Nadu 62.5 81.3 0.0287 126.7 On-track 2000<br />

% Households with Toilet/Latrine Facility<br />

Tamil Nadu 27.98 63.9 0.025 51.9 Off-track 2023<br />

Source (Basic Data): Tamil Nadu Economic Appraisal and National Health Survey.<br />

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