Death rate high among kids under five: Study
According to a study published in Indian Journal of Community Medicine, the death rate among children under the age of five was high and they continued to die of 'preventable causes'. While birth asphyxia, prematurity and infections contributed to 67.5% of all the neonatal deaths, ARI and diarrhoea accounted for 54.3% deaths in children aged 29 days to 59 months. 