Consider the following statements :1. Infant mortality rate takes into account the death of infants within a month after birth.2. Infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths in a particular year per 100 live births during that year.Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✓ Correct answer: d) Neither 1 nor 2
ExplanationStatement 1 is incorrect : The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) accounts for the deaths of infants within the first year of life, not just within a month after birth.The mortality during the neonatal period (first 28 days) is a subset of infant mortality.Statement 2 is incorrect : Infant Mortality Rate is defined as the number of infant deaths (under 1 year of age) per 1,000 live births in a given year, not per 100 live births.Indicator Definition India(NFHS‐5/ Recent Esti- mates) Infant Mortal- ity Rate (IMR) Number of deaths of in- fants (aged <1 year) per 1,000 live births ~28 per 1,000 live births Maternal Mortali- ty Ratio (MMR) Number of maternal deaths (due to pregnancy/ childbirth complications) per 100,000 live births ~97 per 100,000 live births (esti- mate from recent surveys) Total Fer- tility Rate (TFR) Average number of chil- dren a woman is expected to have over her reproduc- tive lifetime ~2.0 children per woman Crude Birth Rate Number of live births per 1,000 total population per year ~19.5 per 1,000 population per year (contextual estimate) Crude Death Rate Number of d
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