Re: state of emergency
It would be interesting to note the “trend” from 1988 to 1998 also.
I checked for infant mortality rate 1990 to 2000 and it had dropped from 100 to 84, a better achievement during the NS/BB era than Mush era.
http://http.unescap.org/esid/GAD/Statistics/Women%20Statistics%201999/table2.4.pdf