Prepare a data on the top six states of India in which maximum cases of female foeticide are reported.
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Female infanticide in India has a history spanning centuries. Poverty, the dowry system, births to unmarried women, deformed infants, famine, lack of support services and maternal illnesses such as postpartum depression are among the causes that have been proposed to explain the phenomenon of female infanticide in India.
Infanticide is nowadays a criminal offence in India but it is an under-reported crime; reliable objective data is unavailable. There were around 100 male and female infanticides reported in the country in 2010, giving an official rate of less than one per million people Postpartum depression (PPD), also called postnatal depression, is a type of clinical depression which can affect both sexes afterchildbirth. Symptoms may include sadness, low energy, changes in sleeping and eating patterns, reduced desire for sex, crying episodes, anxiety, and irritability. While many women experience self-limited, mild symptoms postpartum, postpartum depression should be suspected when symptoms are severe and have lasted over two weeks.
Although a number of risk factors have been identified, the causes of PPD are not well understood. Hormonal change is hypothesized to contribute as one cause of postpartum depression. The emotional effects of postpartum depression can include sleep deprivation, anxiety about parenthood and caring for an infant, identity crisis, a feeling of loss of control over life, and anxiety due to lack of support from a romantic or sexual partner.[1] Many women recover with treatment such as a support group, counseling, or medication.[2][3]
About 0.5% to 60% of women will experience depression after delivery.[4] Puerperal psychosis occurs in about 1–2 per thousand women following childbirth.[5] Among men, in particular new fathers, the incidence of postpartum depression has been estimated to be between 1% and 25.5%.[6] In the United States, postpartum depression is one of the leading causes of the murder of children less than one year of age which occurs in about 8 per 100,000 births.[7][8]