Journal of Population Sciences
Table 3 Trends in under-5 mortality rates (per 1000 live births) across major states in India by religion from 1992–1993 to 2015–2016
From: Explaining the diminishing of Muslim advantage in child survival in India
States | 1992–1993 | 1998–1999 | 2005–2006 | 2015–2016 | Diff in diff | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hindu | Muslim | D1 | Hindu | Muslim | D2 | Hindu | Muslim | D3 | Hindu | Muslim | D4 | D1− D4 | |
India | 113.3 | 102.3 | 11.0 | 99.3 | 80.3 | 19.0 | 75.9 | 69.9 | 6.0 | 50.5 | 49.9 | 0.6 | |
Continue to Hindu advantage | |||||||||||||
Goa | 42.0 | 47.6 | − 5.6 | 42.6 | 0.0 | 42.6 | 20.9 | 34.6 | − 13.7 | 19.4 | 0.0 | 19.4 | − 24.9 |
Haryana | 96.9 | 143.9 | − 47.0 | 77.8 | 79.0 | − 1.2 | 50.5 | 64.9 | − 14.4 | 36.3 | 73.9 | − 37.6 | − 9.4 |
Jammu & Kashmir | 58.8 | 66.5 | − 7.7 | 78.8 | 82.4 | − 3.6 | 63.7 | 45.5 | 18.2 | 26.7 | 41.9 | − 15.7 | 8.0 |
West Bengal | 93.4 | 115.1 | − 21.7 | 64.1 | 74.8 | − 10.7 | 49.6 | 77.7 | − 28.1 | 30.9 | 31.7 | − 0.8 | − 20.9 |
North-Eastern States | 126.9 | 152.4 | − 25.5 | 77.7 | 99.7 | − 22.0 | 73.5 | 94.3 | − 20.8 | 50.1 | 58.2 | − 8.1 | − 17.4 |
Continue to Muslim advantage | |||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 96.6 | 53.4 | 43.2 | 89.4 | 42.2 | 47.2 | 63.2 | 55.2 | 8.0 | 38.9 | 27.9 | 11.0 | 32.2 |
Gujarat | 110.5 | 56.4 | 54.1 | 91.1 | 41.2 | 49.9 | 63.9 | 36.0 | 27.9 | 43.9 | 41.7 | 2.2 | 51.9 |
Karnataka | 88.8 | 82.7 | 6.1 | 71.7 | 67.7 | 4.0 | 58.6 | 38.1 | 20.5 | 32.2 | 28.0 | 4.2 | 1.9 |
Madhya Pradesh | 135.3 | 75.7 | 59.6 | 139.8 | 94.0 | 45.8 | 95.8 | 59.4 | 36.4 | 65.2 | 55.7 | 9.5 | 50.1 |
Odisha | 131.1 | 121.5 | 9.6 | 106.4 | 52.7 | 53.7 | 90.3 | 65.3 | 25.0 | 48.3 | 23.6 | 24.7 | − 15.1 |
Punjab | 73.1 | 63.5 | 9.6 | 69.3 | 88.6 | − 19.3 | 51.2 | 37.0 | 14.2 | 29.9 | 6.5 | 23.4 | − 13.8 |
Uttar Pradesh | 147.0 | 119.8 | 27.2 | 128.1 | 101.1 | 27.0 | 99.1 | 80.9 | 18.2 | 77.7 | 73.5 | 4.2 | 23.0 |
Muslim to Hindu advantage | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 76.1 | 45.4 | 30.7 | 62.5 | 47.4 | 15.1 | 51.1 | 17.1 | 34.0 | 26.8 | 37.9 | − 11.1 | 41.8 |
Delhi | 85.9 | 85.7 | 0.2 | 58.1 | 53.8 | 4.3 | 41.9 | 77.7 | − 35.8 | 33.4 | 83.7 | − 50.3 | 50.5 |
Rajasthan | 106.2 | 71.1 | 35.1 | 114.4 | 127.6 | − 13.2 | 88.2 | 71.1 | 17.1 | 50.4 | 53.6 | − 3.2 | 38.3 |
Tamil Nadu | 89.1 | 56.6 | 32.5 | 62.5 | 53.5 | 9.0 | 39.6 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 27.1 | 30.8 | − 3.7 | 36.2 |
Hindu to Muslim advantage | |||||||||||||
Bihar | 123.0 | 139.5 | − 16.5 | 107.9 | 95.0 | 12.9 | 81.0 | 97.7 | − 16.7 | 57.5 | 54.6 | 2.9 | − 19.4 |
Himachal Pradesh | 69.9 | 89.8 | − 19.9 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 41.7 | 40.5 | 19.9 | 20.6 | 37.7 | 27.5 | 10.2 | − 30.1 |
Kerala | 23.8 | 44.0 | − 20.2 | 28.2 | 8.8 | 19.4 | 12.1 | 22.5 | − 10.4 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 2.5 | − 22.7 |