Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said that Delhi's sex ratio has improved with 933 females to 1,000 males in 2020, according to the annual report of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. The sex ratio was 920 in 2019.
In addition to this, the infant mortality rate has also decreased from 24.19 per cent in 2019 to 20.37 in 2020, said Manish Sisodia.
He also pointed out that the rise in the sex ratio rate demonstrates increased social awareness.
There is a fall in the maternal mortality rate from 0.55 per thousand births in 2019 to 0.54 per thousand births in 2020, according to Delhi government's statement.
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As per the Delhi government's statement, the maternal mortality rate was 0.55 per thousand births in 2019, however, it fell to 0.54 per thousand births in 2020.
"In Delhi, the birth rate fell from 18.35 per thousand in 2019 to 14.85 per thousand in 2020. In 2020, a number of 3,01,645 births were registered, compared to 3,65,868 in 2019. The death rate in Delhi has decreased as a result of dramatic changes in the city's health infrastructure and universal access to better health care for all inhabitants. According to the data, the death rate has decreased from 7.29 per thousand in 2019 to 7.03 per thousand in 2020," the statement added.
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Deputy CM credited health workers' efforts and capital's improved health facilities that led to a decrease in newborn mortality.
