Ascertaining High Maternal Deaths in India: Some Multivariate Approach

The GOI’s “Empowered Action Group” (EAG) states of Bihar and Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and Assam as well from their responsibility to enhance the status of females right from girl children to mothers. As a result of which high risk of maternal deaths are still prevailing in the first decade of 21st century. Nearly two-third of the maternal deaths in the country are reported to occur in the EAG states and Assam. The state, Kerala all along depicted low MMR with better socio-demographic characteristics. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, to a greater extent follow the path of Kerala. It is now highly expected that those EAG states should follow the path of Kerala. In order to do so they must develop their socio economic and other factors including particularly health sector, infrastructure and others. The present study hence is done to point out those factors through multivariate analysis and result is discussed.