Indicator |
Current available data |
Year |
Source |
Remarks |
|
Population and Vital Statistics
|
|
Total population (in millions)
|
846.3
|
1991
|
1
|
Census data
|
|
Population density (persons per sq km)
|
273a
|
1991
|
1
|
|
|
Sex ratio (females per 1000 males)
|
927a
|
1991
|
1
|
|
|
Population under 15 years (%)
|
36.0b
|
1992
|
2
|
|
|
Population 65 years and above (%)
|
3.9b
|
1992
|
2
|
|
|
Crude birth rate (per 1000 population)
|
28.3
|
1995
|
3
|
|
|
Crude death rate (per 1000 population)
|
9.0
|
1995
|
3
|
|
|
Annual population growth rate (%)
|
1.93
|
1995
|
3
|
Natural growth
|
|
Total fertility rate (per woman)
|
3.5
|
1995
|
3
|
|
|
Urban population (%)
|
26.13
|
1991
|
1
|
|
|
Socioeconomic Situation
|
|
Gross national product per capita
|
Rs 10,519
|
1995/96
|
3
|
|
Adult literacy rate (%): Total
Male
Female
|
52.21
64.13
39.29
|
1991
1991
1991
|
3
3
3
|
|
|
Newborns weighing at least 2500 grams at birth (%)
|
69
|
1991-93
|
3
|
|
Children with acceptable:
Weight-for-age (%)
Height-for-age (%)
|
46.6
48
|
1992-93
1992-93
|
3
3
|
|
|
Environment
|
Population with safe drinking Urban
water available in the home or Rural
with reasonable access (%)
|
84.3
82.4
|
1993
1995
|
|
|
Population with adequate excreta Urban
disposal facilities available (%) Rural
|
49.9
3.7
|
1993
1995
|
|
|
|
Health Resources
|
|
Facilities
|
|
Number of hospital beds
|
596,203
|
1993
|
1
|
As of 1/1/1993
|
|
Population per hospital bed
|
1,480c
|
1993
|
1
|
Computed value
|
|
Hospital beds per 10,000 population
|
6.76c
|
1993
|
1
|
Number of health centres:
(a) Sub-centres
(b) Primary health centres
(c) Community health centres
(d) Urban family welfare centres
|
132,730
21,854
2,424
1,529
|
1996
1996
1996
1996
|
3
3
3
3
|
|
|
Human resources
|
|
Number of physicians
|
410,875
|
1992
|
1
|
Registered
|
|
Population per physician
|
2,148c
|
1992
|
1
|
Computed value
|
|
Physicians per 10,000 population
|
4.8
|
1992
|
3
|
|
|
General nurse midwives
|
385,410
|
1992
|
1
|
Registered
|
|
Auxiliary nurse midwives
|
165,143
|
1992
|
1
|
|
Budgetary resources
|
|
Government health expenditure as percentage of total expenditure
|
3.47
|
1993/94
|
3
|
|
|
Per capita government health expenditure
|
Rs 69.60
|
1993/94
|
3
|
|
|
Total national health expenditure as % of GNP
|
6.0
|
1990/91
|
3
|
|
|
National health expenditure devoted to local health care (%)
|
58.7
|
1990/91
|
3
|
|
|
Health Services
|
|
Pregnant women attended by trained personnel during pregnancy (%)
|
85.8
|
1994
|
3
|
|
Deliveries attended by trained Urban
personnel (%) Rural
|
87.1
43.5
|
1993
1993
|
3
3
|
|
|
Women of childbearing age using family
planning (%)
|
40.6d
|
1992-93
|
2,3
|
|
|
Eligible population (i.e. infants
reaching their first birthday) that has been fully immunized according to national
immunization policies
|
27.5
|
1992-93
|
2,3
|
|
|
Infants reaching their first birthday
that have been fully immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough (%)
|
46.9
|
1992-93
|
2,3
|
|
|
Infants reaching their first birthday
that have been fully immunized against poliomyelitis (%)
|
48.3
|
1992-93
|
2,3
|
|
|
Infants reaching their first birthday
that have been fully immunized against measles (%)
|
32.7
|
1992-93
|
2,3
|
|
|
Infants reaching their first birthday
that have been fully immunized against tuberculosis (%)
|
58.7
|
1992-93
|
2,3
|
|
|
Women that have been immunized with
tetanus toxoid (TT) during pregnancy (%)
|
53.8
|
1992-93
|
2,3
|
|
|
Health Status
|
Life expectancy at birth (years):
Total
Male
Female
|
63.5
62.8
64.2
|
1996-2001
1996-2001
1996-2001
|
3
3
3
|
Projected values
|
Infant mortality rate
(per 1000 live births)
|
74
|
1995
|
3
|
Provisional
|
|
Probability of dying before 5th birthday
|
0.04131
|
1989-93
|
3
|
|
Maternal mortality ratio
(per 100,000 live births)
|
420
|
1992-93
|
2,3
|
|
