Key Takeaways
- New Civil Registration Report released which deals with the sexbirth ratio of a country.
Civil Registration Report
- Released by Registrar General of India
- Findings of 2020 Report
- Highest Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) is reported by Ladakh (1,104) followed by Arunachal Pradesh (1,011), A&N Islands (984), Tripura (974), and Kerala (969).
- The lowest sex ratio was reported by Manipur (880), followed by Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (898), Gujarat (909), Haryana (916) and Madhya Pradesh (921).
- Findings of 2019 Report
- In 2019, the highest sex ratio at birth was reported by Arunachal Pradesh (1,024), followed by Nagaland (1,001), Mizoram (975) and Andaman and Nicobar Islands (965),
- the lowest sex ratio was reported by Gujarat (901), Assam (903), Madhya Pradesh (905) and Jammu & Kashmir (909)
- Data Not Available
- During both 2019 and 2020 the officials didn’t get data from states like Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh.
- Other Findings of Report
- The report noted that 1,43,379 infant deaths were registered in 2020 and the share of rural areas was only 23.4%, while that of urban areas was 76.6% in total registered infant deaths.
- “Non Registration of infant deaths in rural areas was a cause of concern
Sex Ratio at Birth of Registration
- “The sex ratio at birth of registered events is an important indicator to map the sex diferential of the population at the beginning of their life.
- The sex ratio at birth has been calculated after deducting the delayed registration of more than one year for the year 2020
Content Source – The Hindu