A Comparative Study of Maternal Mortality Rate of Major Indian States with Reference to SDG-3 (Target -1): An Analysis of the SRS from 2007 to 2022

Abstract

Maternal health is an important dimension for development of any country. The survival and wellbeing of mothers is not only important in their own right but for future also in solving broader economic, social and developmental challenges. The health of women and children is vital to creating a healthy world because as we know children are the future of the generations while on the other hand, women are the biological mother. From data availability, it is experienced that despite of many progresses in the field of health sectors, there are still too many mothers and children dying mostly from treatable and curable causes. The target of Sustainable Development Goal: Goal -3 (goal -3.1) by 2030 is to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births. But, in India, there are many complications. The major complications that account for nearly two-thirds of all maternal deaths are severe bleeding (mostly bleeding after childbirth), infections (usually after childbirth), high blood pressure during pregnancy (pre-eclampsia and eclampsia), complications from delivery and unsafe abortions. Research into the clinical causes of maternal morbidity and death has led to some improvements in the care of women during the ante partum period and labour and delivery. Thus, the main focus of this study is an attempt to analyse the comparative status of MMR of major Indian states with reference to sustainable development goal-3 (Target-1) and to examine whether Indian states achieved the target-1 of SDG-3 by 2030 related to MMR.