Chapter 1: 21st Century Maternity Nursing

Question 1

Fertility rate

Answer 1

Number of birth per 1000 women between the age of 15 and 44 years, calculated on an annyal basis

Question 2

Infant mortality rate

Answer 2

Number of deaths of infants younger than 1 year of age per 1000 live births

Question 3

Birth rate

Answer 3

Number of live birth in 1 year per 1000 population

Question 4

Maternal mortality ratw

Answer 4

Number of maternal deaths from birth, and complications of pregnancy, chilbirth, puerperium per 100,000 live births.

Question 5

Neonatal mortality rate

Answer 5

Number of deaths of infants younger than 28 days of age per 1000 live births.

Question 6

Perinatal mortality rate

Answer 6

Number of stillbirths and number of neonatal deaths per 1000 live births

Question 7

Pregancy-associate deaths

Answer 7

All deaths during pregnancy and within 1 year folllowing the end of pregnancy

Question 8

Pregancy-related deaths

Answer 8

Deaths that are a complication of preganncy,an aggravation of an unrekated condition by physiology of pregnancy, or a chain of events initiated by the pregnancy.

Question 9

Stillbirth

Answer 9

An infant who, at birth, shows no sign of life, such as breathing, heartbeat, or voluntary muscle movements.

Question 10

Abortus