The maternal mortality rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR) in Assam continues to be higher than the all-India level over the last decade, state Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the state legislative assembly on Tuesday.
The states MMR for 2014-16 was 237/1,00,000 live births against the all-India figure of 130, Sarma said in reply to a starred question. The states MMR for 2010-12 was 328 and for 2011-13 was 300, against the all-India figures of 178 and 167 for those periods.
In case of IMR also, in 2017 for the state the number was 44/1,000 live births, whereas it was 33 at all-India level, he said.