Child
health of the six million
plus cities of Uttar Pradesh (UP) State of India has been discussed
here. These cities are Lucknow
(capital), Kanpur, Agra, Meerut, Varanasi and Allahabad. These six cities together account
for about one fourth of urban population of UP. And this state is having the
highest population among all the states of India.
LUCKNOW
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. It has always been a multicultural city. Lucknow district has the second highest urban
population (over 66%) in the State. Also
Lucknow city is one of the six million plus cities of the State. This metro city is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow
Division. The high rate of urbanization is attributed to its
administrative, trading, tourism based economic activities. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Lucknow City is 2,815,601. The sex ratio of Lucknow
City is 915 per 1000 males, whereas Child sex ratio is 901 per 1000 boys. About 43.48% population of Lucknow is urban. As
per provisional reports of Census India, population of Lucknow City in 2011 is 2,815,601; of which male and female
are 1,470,133 and 1,345,468 respectively. Although Lucknow city has population
of 2,815,601; its urban /
metropolitan population is 2,901,474 of which 1,518,951 are males and 1,382,523
are females.
Based on the results of Annual Health Survey, 2010, Child
health of urban Lucknow district is presented as below.
Child
Immunization
About 57% of children were fully
immunized. Those who received Vitamin A dose were 56%.
Birth
Weight
In 79% cases birth weight of the child
was taken and based on that 22% of children were low birth weight (<2.5Kg). About 74% of births were registered
and 68% had birth certificates.
Childhood
Diseases
Children with diarrhea, Acute Respiratory
Infection and fever were reported as 8%, 3% and 12% respectively. Those suffering from fever who sought
treatment were 94%.
Brest
Feeding
Only 25% of children were exclusively
breast feed.
Infant
& Child Mortality
The IMR was 33 per 1000 live births.
The Neo Natal Mortality Rate was high at 19 and Post Neo Natal at 13. Under 5
Child Mortality Rate was 38.
KANPUR
Kanpur is the largest city and Industrial
Capital of Uttar Pradesh and also
is the administrative headquarters of Kanpur
Nagar and Kanpur Dehat districts and of
Kanpur division. It is one of the oldest industrial townships of North India. According to the 2011 Indian census,
Kanpur city has a population of 2,767,031 and is the twelfth-most
populous city in India and the major industrial hub with in
the state of Uttar
Pradesh.
It has a metropolitan area of over
1,640 square kilometers and a city area of around 829 km2. As per census 2011, the urban population of Kanpur Nagar district is 3,015,129 which is over 6.78
percent of the total state’s urban population. About 65.93 % population
of Kanpur Nagar is urban.
Based on the results of Annual Health Survey, 2010, Child
health of urban Kanpur Nagar district is presented as below.
Child
Immunization
About 49% of children were fully
immunized. Those who received Vitamin A dose were 36%.
Birth
Weight
In 52% cases birth weight of the child
was taken and based on that 29% of children were low birth weight (<2.5Kg). About 56% of births were registered
and 50% had birth certificates.
Childhood
Diseases
Children with diarrhea, Acute Respiratory
Infection and fever were reported as 10%, 5% and 14% respectively. Those who sought treatment for fever were
over 93%.
Brest
Feeding
Only 28% of children were exclusively
breast feed.
Infant
& Child Mortality
The IMR was 28 per 1000 live births.
The Neo Natal Mortality Rate was high at 19 and Post Neo Natal at 9. Under 5
Child Mortality Rate was 40.
AGRA
Agra is one of the major one and a half
million plus cities of Uttar
Pradesh state in India. It is the fourth largest urban
agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh as per the 2011 census population
statistics. Agra,
the former capital of Hindustan, is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in state of Uttar
Pradesh. It is 363 kilometres west of
state capital, Lucknow and 200
kilometres south of the national capital, New
Delhi. Because 80 percent of the
city's sewage flows into Yamuna River, it is 20th most polluted city in India. The population of Agra city
is 1,574,542. The sex ratio of Agra city is 853 females
per 1000 males. As per Census 2011, the child sex ratio is 772 per 1000 boys.
Based on the results of Annual Health
Survey, 2010, Child health of urban Agra
district is presented as below.
Child
Immunization
About 29% of children were fully
immunized. Those who received Vitamin A dose were 45%.
Birth
Weight
In 37% cases birth weight of the child
was taken and based on that 28% of children were low birth weight (<2.5Kg). About 60% of births were registered and
41% had birth certificates.
Childhood
Diseases
Children with diarrhea, Acute Respiratory
Infection and fever were reported as 21%, 13% and 26% respectively. Those who sought treatment for these were at
least 69%.
Brest
Feeding
Only 2% of children were exclusively
breast feed.
Infant
& Child Mortality
The IMR was 51 per 1000 live births.
The Neo Natal Mortality Rate was high at 35 and Post Neo Natal at 16. Under 5
Child Mortality was 62.
VARANASI
Varanasi is another million plus city
of the State. It is head quarter of the
Varanasi district and Varanasi Division.
It is also commonly known Banaras and Kashi. It
is a city situated on the banks of the Ganges in the State and is 320 kilometres
southeast of state capital Lucknow.
It is regarded as a holy ity by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities
in the world and the oldest in India.
The Varanasi city is among the top six
cities of the state in terms of total population. As per provisional reports of Census India,
population of Varanasi City in 2011
is 1,201,815; of which males and females are 636,860 and 564,955 respectively.
The sex ratio of Varanasi city is 887 females per 1000 males.
Based on the results of Annual Health
Survey, 2010, the Child health of urban Varanasi
district is presented as below.
Child
Immunization
About 58% of children were fully
immunized. Those who received Vitamin A dose were 46%.
Birth
Weight
In 56% cases birth weight of the child
was taken and based on that 24% of children were low birth weight (<2.5Kg). About 79% of births were registered and
45% had birth certificates.
Childhood
Diseases
Children with diarrhea, Acute Respiratory
Infection and fever were reported as 13%, 11% and 37% respectively. Those who sought treatment for these were at
least 92%.
Brest
Feeding
Only 17.5% of children were
exclusively breast feed for six months.
Infant
& Child Mortality
The IMR was 70 per 1000 live births.
The Neo Natal Mortality Rate was high at 42 and Post Neo Natal at 28. Under 5
Child Mortality was 87.
MEERUT
Meerut is one of the major million plus
cities and an administrative headquarters of Meerut district. It is also an ancient city with settlements dating
back to the Indus Valley
civilization having been found in
and around the area. The city lies 70 km northeast of the national capital New Delhi, and 453 km northwest
of the state capital, Lucknow. It is the second largest city in the National Capital Region of India (the
largest being Delhi), the 16th
largest metropolitan area and 25th largest
city in India. It ranked 292 in
2006 and 242 in 2010 in the list of largest cities and urban areas in the
world. The city covers an area of about 172 km2 while the total area is 198 km2,
third largest in Uttar Pradesh after Kanpur and Lucknow. As per provisional reports of Census
India, population of Meerut City in
2011 is 1,309,023; of which males and females are 689,567 and 619,456
respectively. The sex ratio of Meerut City
is 898 per 1000 males.
Based on the results of Annual Health
Survey, 2010, the Child health of urban Meerut district is
presented as below.
Child
Immunization
About 41% of children were fully
immunized. Those who received Vitamin A dose were 32%.
Birth
Weight
In about 36% cases birth weight of the
child was taken and based on that 29% of children were low birth weight
(<2.5Kg). About 43% of births
were registered and 24% had birth certificates.
Childhood
Diseases
Children with diarrhea, Acute Respiratory
Infection and fever were reported as 22%, 8% and 32% respectively. Those who sought treatment for these were at
least 74%.
Brest
Feeding
Only 2% of children were exclusively
breast feed.
Infant
& Child Mortality
The IMR was 53 per 1000 live births.
The Neo Natal Mortality Rate was high at 34 and Post Neo Natal at 19. Under 5
Child Mortality was 64.
ALLAHABAD
Allahabad
is another major city in the Indian
state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative
headquarters of the Allahabad
District. It is the second-oldest city in India. Allahabad is the sixth most populous city in Uttar Pradesh, with an estimated
population of 1.12 million living in the city area. Its area is 63.07 km2. Allahabad is also known as the "city of
prime ministers" because post independence 7 out of 13 prime ministers of
India belonged to Allahabad ( Jawaharlal
Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Gulzarilal Nanda, Vishwanath Pratap Singh and Chandra
Shekhar). All these seven leaders were either born in Allahabad, were alumni of
Allahabad University, or got elected from a constituency in Allahabad.
As per
provisional reports of Census India, population of Allahabad city in 2011 is
1,117094; of which males and females are 601,363 and 515,731 respectively. The
sex ratio of Allahabad city is 858 per 1000 males.
Based on the results of Annual Health
Survey, 2010, the Child health of urban Allahabad district is
presented as below.
Child
Immunization
About 64% of children were fully
immunized. Those who received Vitamin A dose were 60%.
Birth
Weight
In 50% cases birth weight of the child
was taken and based on that 23% of children were low birth weight (<2.5Kg). About 74% of births were registered
and 36% had birth certificates.
Childhood
Diseases
Children with diarrhea, Acute
Respiratory Infection and fever were reported as 6%, 21% and 22%
respectively. Those who sought treatment
for these were over 92%.
Brest
Feeding
Only 5% of children were exclusively
breast feed.
Infant
& Child Mortality
The IMR was 43 per 1000 live births. The Neo Natal
Mortality Rate was high at 35 and Post Neo Natal at 8. Under 5 Child Mortality
was 60.
No comments:
Post a Comment