Indicators For MCH Care

Question 1

Maternal Mortality Ratio

Answer 1

Total no. of maternal deaths / Total no. of live births
all * 100,000

Maternal death: Death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or it’s management but not from unintentional or incidental causes

Question 2

Maternal Mortality Rate

Answer 2

Total no. of maternal deaths/ Women of reproductive age groups
all *100,000

Question 3

Still Birth Rate

Answer 3

No. of babies born with no signs of life after 28 weeks / Total live births + still births
all * 1000

Question 4

Peri-natal mortality rate

Answer 4

Late fetal death + Early neonatal death /
Total live births
All * 1000

Question 5

Neonatal Mortality Rate

Answer 5

No. of deaths of children <28 days of age in a year / Total live births all *1000

Question 6

Post - neonatal mortality rate

Answer 6

No. of deaths of children aged 28 days to 1 year in a given year / Total live births in the same year all *1000

Question 7

Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 7

No. of infant deaths in a year / No of live births all *1000

• Largest single age category of mortality | Changes rapidly to interventions | reflect socio - economic development

Question 8

Under - 5 mortality rate

Answer 8

No. of deaths of children <5 years of age in a year / No. of live births in the same year all * 1000

Question 9

1-4 year mortality rate

Answer 9

No. of of deaths of children aged 1-4 years in a year / Total no. of children aged 1-4 years at the middle of the year all * 1000