Infant mortality rate is the ratio of –

2021

Infant mortality rate is the ratio of –

  1. A.

    Number of deaths to total population in a region in a year

  2. B.

    Number of deaths below age one year to number of children born in the same year in the same region

  3. C.

    Number of deaths below age one month to the number of births in the same year

  4. D.

    Number of maternal deaths in a year to the number of women of age 15–50 years of the same area

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Correct answer: B

The infant mortality rate is defined as the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births in a given period.

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