Kerala Topped Health Index 2019 Ranking in terms of overall health performance as per the report submitted by NITI Aayog on health index. This report is the second edition of its type. It calculated the annual and incremental performances of states and Union Territories. Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have emerged as the second and third best performers, respectively, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were ranked the two worst performers, respectively.
Kerala secured an overall score of 74.01, while Uttar Pradesh is given an overall score of 28.61. The report also highlighted the outbreak of encephalitis in Bihar that killed over 150 children till 24 June.