Kerala on Febuary 9, 2018 topped among large states on overall health performance in NITI Aayog's Health index. while Uttar Pradesh appears at the bottom. Kerala was followed by Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. This was revealed in 'Healthy States, Progressive India: Report on Rank of States and UTs' released by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant in New Delhi.
in terms of annual incremental performance, Jharakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh are the top three states. These three states showed the maximum gains in indicators such as Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR), Under-five Morttality Rate (U5MR), full immunisation coverage, institutional deliveries. Among the smaller states, Mizoram ranked first followed by Manipur and Goa. Among Union Terriotories or UTs, Lakshadweep showed both the best overall performance as well as the highest annual incremental performance. The ranking was done under three categories -- large states, smaller States and UTs to ensure comparison among similar entities.
The three indicators which were factored while ranking the states are health outcomes (70 per cent), Governance and Information (12 Per cent) and key inputs and Processes (18 per cent), with each domain assigned a weight based on its importance. There was a large gap in overall performance between the best and the least performing states and UTs. In the reference year (2015-16) among the larger states, the Index scope for overall performances ranged widely between 33.69 in Uttar Pradesh to 76.55 in Kerala.
World Bank India Country Director Junaid Ahmad said that India is the only large country which has done this kine of exercise and the index developed by NITI Aayog and World Bank has global implication.
Large States
Haryana jharkhan, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jammu & kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Telangana, Chattisgarh, Kerala, punjab and Tamil Nadu.
Smaller States
Meghalaya, nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal pradesh, Goa, Tripura.
UTs
Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Chandigarh, Delhi, Andaman-Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Lakshadweep.
