🔆 India’s Health Indicators 📍 Key Health Statistics ✅ Life Expectancy at Birth ~ 70 years (62 years in 2000, 67 years in 2010) ✅ Infant Mortality Rate = 28/1000 ✅ Neonatal Mortality Rate = 20/1000 (SDG target 12) ✅ Under 5 Mortality Rate = 32/1000 (SDG target 25) ✅ Maternal Mortality Rate = 97/1000 (SDG target 70) ✅ Sex Ratio at Birth = 1020/1000 (was 943 in 2011) 📍 Health Expenditure ✅ Health Expenditure = ~ 3.8% of GDP (40% public, 60% private) ✅ Out of Pocket Expenditure (OOP) = 1.5% GDP, 13% monthly per capita ✅ Doctor-Population Ratio = 1:834 (better than WHO’s 1:1000) ✅ Health Workers per 10,000 Population = 49 📍 Health Delivery & Immunization ✅ Institutional Deliveries = 97.18% ✅ Children Aged 9-11 Months Fully Immunised = 93.23% 📍 Health Challenges ✅ Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases = Over 60% of total deaths in India ✅ TB Burden = Highest in the world (28%) and highest number of Multi-drug resistant TB cases ✅ Tuberculosis Cases Notified = 87.13% against the target 📍 Progress in Tuberculosis (TB) Control ✅ TB Decline = 18% dip in TB cases over the past 10 years, more than double the global rate; 24% reduction in deaths, higher than the global average of 23% #data #gs2 #gs1 #ethics #essay #social_issue #health #mains Fodder material of essay . Particularly for those preparing Capf