Jayanta Kumar Bora|Nandita Saikia
Neonatal and under-five mortality rate in Indian districts with reference to Sustainable Development Goal 3: An analysis of the National Family Health Survey of India (NFHS), 2015–2016
Indian Institute of Dalit Studies|Vienna Institute of Demography|International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis|Vienna University of Economics and Business|International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis|Jawaharlal Nehru University
india contributes highest global share deaths among underfives continuous monitoring reduction underfive mortality rate u5mr local level thus essential set priorities policymakers health professionals study aimed provide update districtlevel disparities neonatal mortality rate nmr u5mr special reference sustainable development goal 3 sdg3 preventable deaths among newborns children fivewe used recently released populationbased crosssectional data national family health survey nfhs conducted 20152016 used synthetic cohort probability approach analyze full birth history information women aged 1549 estimate nmr u5mr ten years preceding surveyboth nmr u5mr vary enormously across indian districts respect sdg3 target 2030 nmr u5mr estimated nmr india period studied 24 times higher estimated u5mr double district level 9 districts already reached nmr targeted sdg3 nearly half 315 districts likely achieve 2030 target even realize nmr reductions achieved states last two rounds national family health survey india similarly less onethird districts 177 india unlikely achieve sdg3 target u5mr 2030 majority highrisk districts nmr u5mr located poorer states northcentral eastern india highrisk districts nmr also fall rich advanced states 97 districts chhattisgarh uttar pradesh example unlikely meet sdg3 target preventable deaths among newborns children age five irrespective genderto achieve sdg3 target preventable deaths 2030 majority indian districts clearly need make giant leap reduce nmr u5mr