title: Trends In State-Level Child Mortality, Maternal Mortality, And Fertility Rates In India.
abstract: Trends in child mortality, maternal mortality, and fertility in India reveal wide variation across states. As a whole, India performs worse than many other low- and middle-income countries, although its rates of improvement have recently increased. Differences in health systems and adopted policies may account for some of the variation across Indian states.
authors.affiliation: Vidit Munshi is a doctoral student in the PhD program in health policy at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Vidit
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Munshi
authors.affiliation: Gavin Yamey is a professor of the practice of global health at the Duke Global Health Institute at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Gavin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yamey
authors.affiliation: Stéphane Verguet (verguet@hsph.harvard.edu) is an assistant professor of global health in the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, in Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verguet
mesh_terms: D046688:Child Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003710:Demography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D011158:Population Growth; D060728:Reproductive Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Developing World < International/global health studies; International/global health studies; Maternal And Child Health; Public Health