Indian Women Health and Well Being..!

About 2.2 % women in India drink alcohol..!

**  The female Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) was 49 compared with the male IMR

of 46 and the overall IMR of 47 in 2010.

Among the major States, the highest overall IMR of 62 was observed in Madhya Pradesh and the lowest of 13 in Kerala in 2010.

 Life Expectancy..!

**  Life Expectancy at Birth (LEB) has increased more among women compared

to men. It is observed that in 2002‐06 LEB for males was 62.6 years compared to

64.2 years for females.

**  47.0 % of the deliveries took place at a health facility in 2007‐08. Share of

women who received ante natal care was 76.9% during this period.

**  The Maternal Mortality Ratio has come down from 254 during 2004‐06 to

212 during 2007‐09.

**  57.4 % women in rural areas and 50.9 % women in urban areas suffered from

anaemia during 2005‐06. The share of anaemic women across the age‐groups 15 to 19

years, 20 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years and 40 to 49 years is centred around 55 % during the

same period. Among the States, prevalence of anaemia was the highest in Assam

and Jharkhand, both at 69.5 %, and it was the lowest in Kerala at 32.8 %.

Deliveries in Hospitals.!

**The share of deliveries in hospitals, maternity /  nursing homes, health centers,

etc. is 40.8  % while the deliveries assisted by doctors, trained ‘dais’, trained

midwives, trained nurses, etc. constitute another 48.8  %.

** Over 99 % of married women know about any of the methods of contraception.

The awareness about the female sterilization is very high in both urban and rural

areas. The rural women are found to be less aware about the traditional methods

of contraception (55.5 %) compared with the urban women (62.4 %).

**  During 2010‐11, the share of unprotected couples was 59.6 %. At 26.7 %,

sterlisation was the most preferred method of family planning followed by IUD at

5.7 %, oral pill at 4.1 % and CC at 3.9 %.

 2.2% Women in India Drink Alcohol..!

**  2.2% women in India drink alcohol, 10.8% chew paan masala and 1.4% women

smoke currently.

Src:  Wowen and Men in India 2012 Mospi Report

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