Maternal
Health of the one major million plus city of Chhattisgarh State
of India namely Raipur (Capital City), and that of Urban Agglomeration (UA) of Durg-Bhilainagar
which is also only one million plus UA in Chhattisgarh in Durg district of the
State have been discussed here.
RAIPUR
Only Raipur, Capital city
of Chhattisgarh is a million plus city of Chhattisgarh. It has always been a multicultural city. Raipur district has the second highest urban
population (over 36%) in the State. This metro city is
the administrative headquarters of Raipur
District and Raipur 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 Raipur City is 1,010,087.
The sex ratio of Raipur City is 945 per 1000 males, whereas Child sex ratio is
929 per 1000 boys.
Based on the results of Annual Health Survey, 2010, maternal
health of urban Raipur district is
presented as below.
Fertility
The Total Fertility Rate for Raipur
city was estimated at 2.5 which is broadly equals mean number of children ever
born to women age 15-49 years. The births of order 3 and above were reported by
26.5% only and women with 2 children and wanting no more child was as high as
46.6%. Further as high as 45.6% of births had interval of 36 months or more.
The girls marrying below the legal age of 18 years were only 4.7%.
61% reported using any family planning
method. The most common methods of family planning were female sterilization -
45% and condoms as 4%. The use of IUD was just 1% and pills 2.6%. The traditional method was reported as being
used by 7%. The total unmet need for family planning was 22%, 12.6% for spacing
and 9.4% for limiting.
Ante Natal Care
Though mothers receiving any ante
natal check up were 95%, only 17% had full ANC. Around 37% of pregnant women
received ANC from Government sources. Of various components of ANC, at least
one TT received by 95%, BP taken 81%, blood examination for Hb 76%, underwent
ultrasound 47%. Though 81% pregnant women received 3 or more ANCs, those who
consumed IFA for 100 days or more was only 18%.
Delivery Care
About 55% of deliveries in Raipur were
conducted in institutions, of which 20% were in Government institutions and 36%
in private institutions. The home deliveries were 45% of which 42% were
conducted by skilled health personnel. Caesarian cases were as high as 59%,
about 63% being conducted in private institutions.
It is important to note that because
of high demand on beds for institutional deliveries, in about 34% of the cases
the stay in the hospital after delivery was less than 24 hours. About 79%
mothers received post natal care and new born were also checked.
Importantly, 17% of mothers availed
financial assistance for deliveries under JSY and 67% of mothers availed
financial assistance for government institutional delivery.
DURG-BHILAINAGAR
Urban Agglomeration (UA)
of Durg-Bhilainagar is a million plus UA in Chhattisgarh in Durg district of the
State. Durg city has the head quarter of
Durg district. Bhilai Nagar
is one of its major cities which is famous for the Bhilai
Steel Plant, which is the largest steel plant in India and known for being the
only manufacturer of rails in the country used by Indian Railways. This city is in eastern central India. The city is located
25 kilometres west of the capital Raipur,
on the main Howrah–Mumbai rail line, and National Highway 6.
Durg-Bhilai Nagar Urban Agglomeration (UA) has the second highest population in the
State. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Bhilai Nagar is 625,697. The sex ratio of Bhilai
Nagar is 942 per 1000 males, whereas
Child sex ratio is 917 per 1000 boys.
Based on the results of Annual Health Survey, 2010, maternal
health of urban Cuttack district is presented as below.
Fertility
The Total Fertility Rate for Bhilai
Nagar city was estimated at 2.3 which is broadly equals mean number of children
ever born to women age 15-49 years. The births of order 3 and above were
reported by 19% only, but women with 2 children and wanting no more child was
as high as 43%. Further as high as 45% of births had interval of 36 months or
more. The girls marrying below the legal age of 18 years were around 2.4%.
About 63 percent reported using any
family planning method. The most common methods of family planning were female
sterilization 51% and condom as 4.6%. The use of IUD was about 0.6% and pills
1.4%. The traditional method was
reported as being used by 4%. The total unmet need for family planning was 21%,
10% for spacing and 11% limiting.
Ante Natal Care
Though mothers receiving any ante
natal check up were 99%, only 31% had full ANC. Around 33% of pregnant women
received ANC from Government sources. Of various components of ANC, at least
one TT received by 99%, BP taken 92%, blood examination for Hb 86%, underwent
ultrasound 59%. Though 81% pregnant women received 3 or more ANCs, those who
consumed IFA for 100 days or more was only 35%.
Delivery Care
About 61% of deliveries in Bhilai
Nagar were conducted in institutions, of which 21% were in Government
institutions and 40% in private institutions. The home deliveries were only 39%
of which 58% were conducted by skilled health personnel. Caesarian cases were
as high as 55%, about 60% being conducted in private institutions.
It is important to note that because
of high demand on beds for institutional deliveries, in over one third of the
cases the stay in the hospital after delivery was less than 24 hours. About 84%
mothers received post natal care and new born were also checked.
Importantly, 17% of mothers availed
financial assistance for deliveries under JSY and 66% of mothers availed
financial assistance for government institutional delivery.
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