mortality/ fertility indicies Flashcards
Crude mortality rate
Number of deaths/ 1000 population
per year
Age-specific mortality rate
number of deaths aged x/ pop per 1000 of age x
per year
child mortality rate
The number of child (1-15 yrs) deaths, per 100,000 live births
per year
ONS
Infant mortality rate
number of deaths aged < 1 year/ 1000 live births
per year
Neonatal mortality rate
death of an infant aged under 28 days / 1000 live births
per year
Post-neonatal mortality rate
death of an infant aged 28 days to 1 year/ 1000 live births
per year
Postneonatal ONS defintion
Perinatal mortality rate
Number of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths (<7 days)/ 1000 live births
per year
Stillbirth A baby born after 24 wks gestation but dead.
Crude birth rate
Number of live births/1000 population
per year
General fertility rate
Number of live births/ 1000 women aged15 to 44
per year
Age-specific fertility rate
Number of live births to women aged X/ 1000 women aged X
per year
total period fertility rate (tPFR)
the average number of children per woman that would be born to a group of women if they experienced the current year’s age-specific fertility rates for each year of their childbearing years.
calculation:
sum all age specific fertility rate x (age band of fertlity rate)
