Decline in number of girl children in State: UNICEF
Slight increase in infant mortality rate
A Keralite, on an average, has the life span of a U.S. citizen as the State ranks high in all health indicators compared to other States in the country. But the declining child sex ratio shows the State in bad light despite the fairly good overall sex ratio, United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) consultant for Kerala and Tamil Nadu N.S.
Publication Date:
22/07/2011