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However, Periyar's views were strikingly different from that of Gandhi. He saw birth control as a means for women to control their own lives. [39] In 1952, India became the first country in the developing world to create a state-sponsored family planning program, the National Family Planning Program. [40]
The data suggests 18 states/UT had birth sex ratio higher than 107 implying excess males at birth and/or excess female mortalities after birth but before she reaches the age of 1, 13 states/UT had normal child sex ratios in the 0–1 age group, and 4 states/UT had birth sex ratio less than 103 implying excess females at birth and/or excess male ...
As of 2008, in the United States, 99% of sexually active women have used birth control at some point in time. [19] In 2015-2017, 64.9% of women aged 15-49 used a form of birth control. The most common forms of birth control were female sterilization (18.6%), oral contraceptive pills (12.6%), long-acting reversible contraceptives (10.3%), and ...
The first report on maternal mortality in India (1997-2003), describing trends, causes and risk factors, was released in October 2006. [15] In 2005, a woman's lifetime risk of maternal death in India was estimated to be 1 in 70. Similarly, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR; number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) in India was 450. [16]
In honor of World Contraception Day, which falls on September 26, we took a look at data around birth control-use worldwide — and some of the most common birth control is pretty surprising.
[2] 11.9% of all maternal deaths and 18% of all infant mortality in the world occurs in India, ranking it the highest in the world in 2021. [3] [4] 36.6 out of 1000 children are dead by the time they reach the age of 5. [5] 62% of children are immunized. [6] Communicable disease is the cause of death for 53% of all deaths in India. [7]
The number of childfree women is at a record high: 48 percent of women between the ages of 18 and 44 don’t have kids, according to 2014 Census numbers. The Huffington Post and YouGov asked 124 women why they choose to be childfree.
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