Bhopal/Shivpuri : Even as the state government claims drastic decline in mortality rate in comparison to previous year in 2011, NGOs claim the figure has been exaggerated. According to state government 9000 infants were saved following installation of Neonatal Intensive Care units at district hospitals across the state. Citing decline of 62 per cent (per 1000 infants) in infant mortality rate, officials said that they have saved over 25,000 children in the last 5 years. The mortality was 76 per thousand in2005.