Reducing infant mortality is a global effort (MDG Goal-4). Madhya Pradesh is one of the high vigilant states of infant mortality in India. This state has reduced MR from 111 to 72 per1000 live births in 17 years during the time period of 1990 to 2007 (SRS), which accounts only 35 percent of reduction. Nowadays districts performance in reducing the infant mortality becomes a prime concern as districts presentation in a whole gives the state's picture. There is a need to identify the spatial pattern of infant mortality for the resource allocation and policy purpose. So district level estimation of Infant Mortality is important. This paper aims to understand the trends, level and Spatial Pattern of Infant Mortality in Madhya Pradesh. Data sources which are used for this study taken from Sample Registration System, DLHS-3 and other publications. This paper has made an attempt to estimate the district level IMR using Mean Children Ever Born and Mean Children Surviving data form DLHS-3. Finally, this paper aims to understand the spatial variation of Infant Mortality in Madhya Pradesh and district level progress in reducing infant mortality since 1990.
Infant Mortality, Spatial Pattern, District Performance
