Kounteya Sinha, TNN, Nov 17, 2010, 04.20am IST
NEW DELHI: Women in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have the highest fertility rate (TFR) in India while those in Kerala and Tamil Nadu have the lowest. While the TFR in Bihar is 3.9 and that in UP is 3.8, the number stands at 1.7 in Kerala and TN.
The other states with high TFR include MP and Rajasthan at 3.3, Jharkhand at 3.2 and Chhattisgarh at 3. Assam's TFR is 2.6, Gujarat and Haryana's 2.5, Orissa's 2.4 and Jammu and Kashmir's 2.2. States with TFR between 1-2 include Delhi, Maharashtra and Karnataka at 2 and West Bengal and Punjab at 1.9.
The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime.
According to health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, the TFR for India fell from 3.3 to 2.58 in 2008, population growth rate from 1.5% to 1.1% in 2008 and contraceptive prevalence increased to 62.3%.
India's swelling population has the health ministry seriously worried. According to Azad, unless the rapid growth of population is contained, it will be difficult to ensure quality education, healthcare, food, housing, clean drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and a healthy environment for all.
Addressing the conference of Asian Population Association on Tuesday, Azad said the sheer pressure of numbers and limited resources like land leads to widespread displacement of people forcing them to migrate in search of livelihood.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
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