| Table 7: Infant Mortality Rates for Indian States | |||||||||
| 1961 | 2006 | Improvement (%) | |||||||
| Male | Female | Person | Male | Female | Person | Male | Female | Person | |
| Kerala | 55 | 48 | 52 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 292.86 | 200 | 246.67 |
| Puducherry | 77 | 68 | 73 | 20 | 36 | 28 | 285 | 88.89 | 160.71 |
| Mizoram | 73 | 65 | 69 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 204.17 | 160 | 176 |
| Manipur | 31 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 210 | 153.85 | 190.91 |
| Andaman & Nicobar | 78 | 66 | 77 | 27 | 36 | 31 | 188.89 | 83.33 | 148.39 |
| Lakshadweep | 124 | 88 | 118 | 29 | 21 | 25 | 327.59 | 319.05 | 372 |
| Chandigarh | 53 | 53 | 53 | 20 | 27 | 23 | 165 | 96.3 | 130.43 |
| Goa | 60 | 56 | 57 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 275 | 300 | 280 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 141 | 111 | 126 | 38 | 43 | 40 | 271.05 | 158.14 | 215 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 78 | 78 | 78 | 51 | 53 | 52 | 52.94 | 47.17 | 50 |
| Maharashtra | 96 | 89 | 92 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 174.29 | 147.22 | 162.86 |
| Tripura | 106 | 116 | 111 | 31 | 41 | 36 | 241.94 | 182.93 | 208.33 |
| Delhi | 66 | 70 | 67 | 36 | 39 | 37 | 83.33 | 79.49 | 81.08 |
| Meghalaya | 81 | 76 | 79 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 52.83 | 46.15 | 49.06 |
| Sikkim | 105 | 87 | 96 | 26 | 40 | 33 | 303.85 | 117.5 | 190.91 |
| Tamil Nadu | 89 | 82 | 86 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 147.22 | 121.62 | 132.43 |
| West Bengal | 103 | 57 | 95 | 37 | 40 | 38 | 178.38 | 42.5 | 150 |
| Punjab | 74 | 79 | 77 | 39 | 50 | 44 | 89.74 | 58 | 75 |
| Karnataka | 87 | 74 | 81 | 46 | 50 | 48 | 89.13 | 48 | 68.75 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 102 | 93 | 98 | 28 | 44 | 35 | 264.29 | 111.36 | 180 |
| Gujarat | 81 | 84 | 84 | 52 | 54 | 53 | 55.77 | 55.56 | 58.49 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 101 | 89 | 92 | 45 | 55 | 50 | 124.44 | 61.82 | 84 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 100 | 82 | 91 | 55 | 58 | 56 | 81.82 | 41.38 | 62.5 |
| Bihar | 95 | 94 | 94 | 58 | 63 | 60 | 63.79 | 49.21 | 56.67 |
| Haryana | 87 | 119 | 94 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 52.63 | 105.17 | 64.91 |
| Assam | 67 | 68 | 67 | ||||||
| Rajasthan | 114 | 114 | 114 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 75.38 | 65.22 | 70.15 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 131 | 128 | 130 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 87.14 | 75.34 | 83.1 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 158 | 140 | 150 | 72 | 77 | 74 | 119.44 | 81.82 | 102.7 |
| Orissa | 119 | 111 | 115 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 63.01 | 50 | 57.53 |
| Nagaland | 76 | 58 | 68 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 347.06 | 152.17 | 240 |
| Daman & Diu | 60 | 56 | 57 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 114.29 | 100 | 103.57 |
| Chhatisgarh | 59 | 62 | 61 | ||||||
| Jharkhand | 46 | 52 | 49 | ||||||
| Uttarakhand | 42 | 44 | 43 | ||||||
| India | 122 | 108 | 115 | 56 | 59 | 57 | 117.86 | 83.05 | 101.75 |
| Source: Economic Survey of India, 2007-08 (Table 9.5). | |||||||||