The city records the highest number of infant deaths after Mumbai and Chennai, according to a government report.
State health and family welfare officials blame the high numbers, revealed in the just-released Vital Statistics of India study of 2014, on Bengaluru's burgeoning population.
Bengaluru Urban district falls way behind Hyderabad, where infants stand the best chance of survival.
Karnataka officials agree the figures are accurate but contend the city's infant mortality rate is the lowest for the six districts in India with the highest deaths. The number of births in Bengaluru Urban district is 1.54 lakh for 2014, while the infant deaths reported are 1,906. This adds up to an infant mortality rate of 12.31 (for every 1,000 births).
The report puts the infant mortality percentage in Mumbai at 28, Ahmedabad at 35.3, Malda at 18.3 and Cuttack at 36.35 (for every 1,000 births).
On the decline
Dr MRajini, deputy director, child health, says the infant mortality rate in Bengaluru and Karnataka has been on the decline for three years.
"Infant deaths are always a comparative figure and the number of births and the population must be considered together," she told DH.
![]( "A family grieves the death of a newborn at a private hospital in the city in this DH photo dated July 8, 2015.")
The city records the highest number of infant deaths after Mumbai and Chennai, according to a government report.
State health and family welfare officials blame the high numbers, revealed in the just-released Vital Statistics of India study of 2014, on Bengaluru’s burgeoning population.
Bengaluru Urban district falls way behind Hyderabad, where infants stand the best chance of survival.
Karnataka officials agree the figures are accurate but contend the city’s infant mortality rate is the lowest for the six districts in India with the highest deaths. The number of births in Bengaluru Urban district is 1.54 lakh for 2014, while the infant deaths reported are 1,906. This adds up to an infant mortality rate of 12.31 (for every 1,000 births).
The report puts the infant mortality percentage in Mumbai at 28, Ahmedabad at 35.3, Malda at 18.3 and Cuttack at 36.35 (for every 1,000 births).
On the decline
Dr M Rajini, deputy director, child health, says the infant mortality rate in Bengaluru and Karnataka has been on the decline for three years.
"Infant deaths are always a comparative figure and the number of births and the population must be considered together,” she told DH.
State health and family welfare officials blame the high numbers, revealed in the just-released Vital Statistics of India study of 2014, on Bengaluru's burgeoning population.
Bengaluru Urban district falls way behind Hyderabad, where infants stand the best chance of survival.
Karnataka officials agree the figures are accurate but contend the city's infant mortality rate is the lowest for the six districts in India with the highest deaths. The number of births in Bengaluru Urban district is 1.54 lakh for 2014, while the infant deaths reported are 1,906. This adds up to an infant mortality rate of 12.31 (for every 1,000 births).
The report puts the infant mortality percentage in Mumbai at 28, Ahmedabad at 35.3, Malda at 18.3 and Cuttack at 36.35 (for every 1,000 births).
On the decline
Dr MRajini, deputy director, child health, says the infant mortality rate in Bengaluru and Karnataka has been on the decline for three years.
"Infant deaths are always a comparative figure and the number of births and the population must be considered together," she told DH.
The city records the highest number of infant deaths after Mumbai and Chennai, according to a government report.State health and family welfare officials blame the high numbers, revealed in the just-released Vital Statistics of India study of 2014, on Bengaluru’s burgeoning population.
Bengaluru Urban district falls way behind Hyderabad, where infants stand the best chance of survival.
Karnataka officials agree the figures are accurate but contend the city’s infant mortality rate is the lowest for the six districts in India with the highest deaths. The number of births in Bengaluru Urban district is 1.54 lakh for 2014, while the infant deaths reported are 1,906. This adds up to an infant mortality rate of 12.31 (for every 1,000 births).
The report puts the infant mortality percentage in Mumbai at 28, Ahmedabad at 35.3, Malda at 18.3 and Cuttack at 36.35 (for every 1,000 births).
On the decline
Dr M Rajini, deputy director, child health, says the infant mortality rate in Bengaluru and Karnataka has been on the decline for three years.
"Infant deaths are always a comparative figure and the number of births and the population must be considered together,” she told DH.