After a decline in the infant mortality rate, the health department has recorded a 28.8 % decrease in maternal mortality rate during 2015-16, though it is more than Delhi's. According to official figures accessed by TOI, the maternal mortality rate -the number of women dying during pregnancy per 1,00,000 live births - came down to 79 deaths per one lakh live births in 2015-16 from 111 deaths per one lakh live births in 2014-15. A 26% increase was recorded in the maternal mortality rate between 2013-14 and 2014-15.

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