The maternal mortality rate dropped from 16.9/65438+ 10,000 to16.165438+10,000, and the infant mortality rate dropped from 5.4‰ to 5.0‰.
Life expectancy per capita, maternal mortality and infant mortality are important indicators to measure the health level of a country's residents internationally. Song Li, director of the Department of Maternal and Child Health of the National Health and Wellness Commission, said that in 20021year, the mortality rates of pregnant women, infants and children under 5 years old in China all fell to the lowest level in history.