Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Correspondence to: Dr Arvind Verma, Principal Technical Officer, ICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, PO-Garha, Nagpur Road, Jabalpur 482 003, Madhya Pradesh, India.
ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India.
Indian Pediatr. 2021 Jan 15;58(1):20-24. Epub 2020 Oct 12.
To provide tribe- specific child mortality rates and health indicators from selected states in India.
We used Census 2011 data and Coale Demney methodology to estimate the infant mortality rate (IMR), under-five mortality rate (U5MR) and expectation of life at birth (LEB) for 123 tribes of selected states of India.
The estimated IMR and U5MR were higher in scheduled tribe population compared to respective state's total population. The IMR varied from 124 in the Birhore tribe of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, and the Bharias of Madhya Pradesh to 48 per 1000 live births in the Gamit tribe of Maharashtra. Similarly, the U5MR varied from the highest (203) in the Birhore tribe of Chhattisgarh to the lowest (57/1000 live births) in the Gamit tribe. The LEB varied from 72 years in the Gamit tribe of Maharashtra to 51 years in the Birhore tribe of Chhattisgarh. The study reveals that tribes have gross variation in child mortality rates and there is pressing need to prioritize tribe-specific action plans to improve their health indicators.
提供来自印度选定邦的特定部落儿童死亡率和健康指标。
我们使用了 2011 年人口普查数据和 Coale-Demeny 方法，为印度选定邦的 123 个部落估算了婴儿死亡率（IMR）、五岁以下儿童死亡率（U5MR）和出生时预期寿命（LEB）。
与各自邦的总人口相比，在册部落人口的估计 IMR 和 U5MR 更高。IMR 从恰蒂斯加尔邦和恰尔康德邦的 Birhore 部落的 124 人/千例降至马哈拉施特拉邦的 Gamit 部落的 48 人/千例。同样，U5MR 从恰蒂斯加尔邦 Birhore 部落的最高（203）到马哈拉施特拉邦 Gamit 部落的最低（57/千例）。LEB 从马哈拉施特拉邦的 Gamit 部落的 72 岁到恰蒂斯加尔邦的 Birhore 部落的 51 岁不等。研究表明，部落之间儿童死亡率存在巨大差异，迫切需要制定针对部落的行动计划来改善他们的健康指标。
