Question

What is Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)?

• A. Death of a child under one year of age
• B. Death of a child at the time of birth
• C. Death of a child under two year of age
• D. Death of a child under five year of age

Answer 1

The correct option is A Death of a child under one year of age

Infant Mortality Rate is the number of resident newborns in a specified geographic area (country, state, county, etc.) dying under one year of age divided by the number of resident live births for the same geographic area (for a specified time period, usually a calendar year) and multiplied by 1,000.

The correct answer is A .