The availability of emergency obstetric care in the context of the JSY cash transfer programme in Madhya Pradesh, India

Table 1 Profiles of study districts

Characteristics	Madhya Pradesh	District 1	District 2	District 3
Population (in millions)^a	72.0	1.9	1.02	1.07
Proportion rural population^a	68.0	58.0	88.0	71.0
Birth rate per 1000^b	24.8	24.0	31.5	24.2
Institutional delivery %^b	76.0	81.0	72.0	58.0
Human Development Index 2007^c	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.6
MMR^a	277.0	206	386.0	415.0

^aGovernment of India (2011) Provisional Population Totals: Madhya Pradesh Census
^bGovernment of India (2012) Annual Health Survey Bulletin 2011–2012: Madhya Pradesh. New Delhi
^cMaternal mortality ratio. Government of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh Human Development Report (2007), Government of Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal

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