Question

Infant Mortality Rate refers to -

• A. Number of children dying before reaching the school going age
• B. Number of children dying reaching 3 years of age
• C. Proportion of children dying within a year of their birth
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Proportion of children dying within a year of their birth

Infant Mortality Rate (or IMR) indicates the number of children that die before the age of one year as a proportion of 1000 live children born in that particular year. Kerala has the lowest Infant Mortality Rate of 12 in India because it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities.