At 47.8 deaths per 1000 live births India in 2015 had more deaths among children under five than any other country new research has found. This is despite the great progress the country has made in reducing child mortality. During 2000-2015 the annual mortality among children under five came down from 2.5 million in 2000 to 1.2 million in 2015 said the study published in the journal Lancet Global Health. The country had however large disparities in the under five mortality rate between richer and poorer states. The highest mortality rate in Assam a state in northeastern India was more
