Skip to content
Q74Section I (Objective (Q1–Q80))74 of 80

Definitions of infant mortality rates

Which of the following is/are correctly defined?

I. Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) is defined as

NMR=Number of infant deaths of less than 29 days during the yearNumber of live births during the year×1000\mathrm{NMR}=\frac{\text{Number of infant deaths of less than $29$ days during the year}}{\text{Number of live births during the year}}\times1000

II. Post-Neonatal Mortality Rate (PNMR) is defined as

PNMR=Number of infant deaths of less than one year during the yearNumber of live births during the year×1000\mathrm{PNMR}=\frac{\text{Number of infant deaths of less than one year during the year}}{\text{Number of live births during the year}}\times1000

Options

Pick an option to check your answer. In a mock test a wrong answer here costs 0.83 mark.