Match the following states with their respective Maternal Mortality Rates (MMR) during 2014-16 : State MMR (a) Kerala (i) 237 (b) Assam (ii) 199 (c) Maharashtra (iii) 66 (d) Rajasthan (iv) 61 (v) 46

The correct answer is (a)-(v), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii). The maternal mortality rate is the mother's death during pregnancy or due to the birth of an infant. The maternal mortality rate is the mother's death during pregnancy or due to the birth of an infant. According to the survey report of the Sample Registration System (SRS), Uttarakhand is the first state in the country to register the highest decline in maternal mortality ratio. Maternal death was 201 per 100,000 live births in the year 2014-16. In southern states, the MMR has come down from 77 to 72 per one lakh births . The maternal mortality rate in India has decreased by 26.9 percent since 2013. Kerala has secured the first position in the decline in maternal mortality, it has recorded a drop in MMR from 46 to 42. Karnataka (108) has the highest maternal mortality rate in South India .