Key Health Status Indicators

Question 1

Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 1

The number of deaths of infants under age 1 per 1,000 live births in a given year

Question 2

Life expectancy at birth

Answer 2

The average number of years a newborn baby could expect to live if current mortality trends were to continue for the rest of the newborn’s life

Question 3

Maternal Mortality ratio

Answer 3

the number of women who die as a result of pregnancy and childbirth complications per 100,000 live births in a given year

Question 4

Neonatal mortality rate

Answer 4

The number of deaths to infants under 28 days of age in a given year per 1,000 live births in that year

Question 5

Under -5 morality rate(child mortality rate)

Answer 5

The probability that a newborn baby will die before reaching age 5, expressed as a number per 1,000 live births

Question 6

Prevalence

Answer 6

number of people suffering from a certain health condition over a specified period

Question 7

Incidence

Answer 7

the rate at which new cases of a disease occur in a population