Damned Statistics

The socio-economic indices, the unemployed, the horrendous female foeticide, the per-capita income, the pathetic rural electricity figures...

Damned Statistics
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STATE OF THE NATION
Damned Statistics

Socio-Economic Indices: Our Bane

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HDI Rank12613793GDP per capita (PPP US$)3,1391,8704,390Share of income - Poorest 20%8.998.3Share of income - Richest 20%43.341.342.2Ratio of richest 20% to poorest 20%4.94.65.1Population living below $2 a day (%)79.982.841.6Population undernourished (%)203022Children reaching grade 5 (% of grade 1)796592Life expectancy at birth (years)63.162.673.9Under-5 mortality (per 1,000 births)857714% with access to sanitation333991% with access to water source867479Health expenditure per capita (PPP US$)8268121Fertility rate (births per woman)3.13.22Female School enrolment ratio (%)585864Source: UNDP 2006 Human Development Report

India’s Poor (Percentage of Total Population)

RuralUrbanOverall
Based on mixed recall period*Year 1999-200027.123.626.1Year 2004-0521.821.721.8Based on uniform recall period#Year 1993-9437.532.436Year 2004-0528.325.727.5*Consumption pattern over last 365 days # Consumption pattern over last 30 days
Source: National Sample Survey Organisation

The Unemployed in India

Rural (%)MaleFemaleOverall
Year 1999-20001.711.5Year 2004-051.61.81.7Urban (%)Year 1999-20004.55.74.7Year 2004-053.86.94.5Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Development Goals: How Long?

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Female Foeticide

States with worst child sex ratio (girls per 1,000 boys)20032001
Punjab776793Himachal Pradesh803897Haryana807820Uttar Pradesh853916Rajasthan855909Bihar861938Gujarat862878Source: Office of Registrar General

Per Capita Income

Percentage difference in rural and urban per capita income
Orissa180.38West Bengal171.75Meghalaya123.12Madhya Pradesh107.92Maharashtra101.78Tamil Nadu88.13Himachal Pradesh83.81Uttar Pradesh81.91Source: National Council for Applied Economic Research

Rural Electricity

Percentage of households with electricity connections
Orissa17.82Assam26.48West Bengal28.53Uttar Pradesh49.83Meghalaya55.25Tamil Nadu65.23Maharashtra65.76Madhya Pradesh66.75Source: National Council for Applied Economic Research

In Bad Health

Primary healthcare centres serve only 21% of villagesMedicines are unavailable in 74% of villages70% of the population lack adequate sanitationOnly 38% of the population have piped household waterSource: Oxfam

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