Explaining Sex Differentials in Child Mortality in India: Trends and Determinants

Table 1

Trends in child mortality () by sex of the child in India and major states, 1992–2006.

States	NFHS-1 (1992-93)			NFHS-2 (1998-99)			NFHS-3 (2005-06)
	M	F	(F − M)	M	F	(F − M)	M	F	(F − M)
Delhi	13.6	21.2	7.6	10.6	13.4	2.8	7.6	8.9	1.3	6.3
Haryana	18.4	43.2	24.8	13.8	30.2	16.4	10.4	21	10.6	14.2
Himachal Pradesh	17.6	25.3	7.7	9.0	9.3	0.3	5.0	4.2	−0.8	8.5
Punjab	12.7	23	10.3	5.9	23.8	17.9	6.0	15.5	9.5	0.8
Bihar	34.5	53.5	19	31.4	43.6	12.2	24.5	40.4	15.9	3.1
Madhya Pradesh	46.7	56.8	10.1	49.4	66.3	16.9	24.7	32.6	7.9	2.2
Rajasthan	26.5	42.2	15.7	29.4	52.3	22.9	18.5	26.2	7.7	8
Uttar Pradesh	38.5	65.6	27.1	28.8	53.4	24.6	21.7	43.2	21.5	5.6
Assam	52.9	59.6	6.7	21.4	16.9	−4.5	22.6	29.9	7.3	−0.6
Orissa	16.1	23.4	7.3	29.6	27.9	−1.7	31.1	26.5	−4.6	11.9
West Bengal	21.7	35.4	13.7	18.5	23.9	5.4	13.1	14.9	1.8	11.9
Gujarat	27.1	38.6	11.5	25.1	31.4	6.3	9.7	21.4	11.7	−0.2
Maharashtra	19.1	23.6	4.5	15.5	20	4.5	7.9	9.1	1.2	3.3
Andhra Pradesh	21.5	27.6	6.1	16.6	27.8	11.2	9.2	13.2	4	2.1
Karnataka	25.6	33.4	7.8	21.1	23.8	2.7	14.7	13.1	−1.6	9.4
Kerala	10	9.4	−0.6	6	4.5	−1.5	1.4	2.4	1	−1.6
Tamil Nadu	29	23.2	−5.8	12.7	15.8	3.1	4.9	10.5	5.6	−11.4
India	29.4	42	12.6	24.9	36.7	11.8	14.2	22.9	8.7	3.9