{"id":26568,"date":"2026-06-22T06:47:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=26568"},"modified":"2026-06-22T06:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:54:34","slug":"maternal-mortality-india-real-time-health-statistics-icd-coding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/maternal-mortality-india-real-time-health-statistics-icd-coding\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternal Mortality and Health Statistics in India: Legal Assumptions vs Medical Realities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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India\u2019s maternal mortality and morbidity statistics remain contested due to methodological ambiguities and systemic data gaps. While the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is internationally standardized as deaths per 100,000 live births, confusion persists with the Maternal Mortality Rate, which uses women of reproductive age as the denominator. In India, estimates are derived largely from the Sample Registration System (SRS), household surveys such as the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), and facility-based reporting under the Health Management Information System (HMIS). These sources, however, are periodic, sample-based, and often modeled, rather than real-time.<\/p>

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