Question

Suppose in a country A, 2 million children were born in 2017 and 80000 died before the age of one? Then, what is the IMR of country A? 

60

40

30

80​

Answer 1

Answer:

40

Explanation:

because 80000/2 million * 1000

Answer 2

Given: Children born in 2017 = 2 million = 2000000

Children died before the age of 1 = 80000

To Find: Infant mortality rate of the country

Solution:

The infant mortality rate is the number of children that died before attaining the age of one year per thousand children born that year.

Infant mortality rate=(Children died before the age of 1 / Children born )x 1000

                               =$\frac{80000}{2000000}$ x 1000

                               = 40

Therefore, the infant mortality rate of the country is 40 per thousand.

The infant mortality rate is an important indicator of the development of a country and its healthcare facilities and infrastructure.