The Total Fertility Rate
(TFR) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a
woman over her lifetime.
As per ORGI’s Sample
Registration System’s Statistical Reports, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
across the country had declined to 2.5 in 2010 from 3.0 in 2003.
While 21 states or Union Territories out of 35 states have
achieved the replacement level of TFR of 2.1.
The states having TFR falling in the range [2.2, 2.5] are six states
namely, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Odisha, Uttarakhand (2.3 as per Annual Health
Survey) and Arunachal Pradesh and the remaining eight states/UTs have TFR
between above 2.5 and these are: Six EAG States (Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh) and other two are Meghalaya and
Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
The latter two are smaller
state/UT for which data is available only up to 2007 and the present classification
is based on the trends in the past. The
highest TFR for any state/UT is for Bihar (3.7) followed by Uttar Pradesh (3.5).
The strategic requirement
is to increase the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate by reducing the unmet need. The same can be done by making Family
Planning Services available in a reliable manner to eligible couples, particularly
to the more needy the above mentioned States.
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