Consider the following statements : 1. Infant mortality rate takes into account the death of infants within a month after birth. 2. Infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths in a particular year per 100 live births during that year. Which of th

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Q: 106 (IAS/2009)
Consider the following statements :
1. Infant mortality rate takes into account the death of infants within a month after birth.
2. Infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths in a particular year per 100 live births during that year.
Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

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Economics

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'infant mortality rate': [1, 0, 2, 0], 'infant deaths': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'live births': [0, 0, 2, 1], 'infants': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'birth': [11, 1, 4, 9], 'death': [5, 3, 6, 7]}

Option 1 states "Infant mortality rate takes into account the death of infants within a month after birth". Although this statement is partly true, it is incomplete. The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) considers the death of infants within the first year of life, not just a month.

Option 2 says "Infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths in a particular year per 100 live births during that year". This statement is correct. It suggests that IMR is a ratio of the number of infant deaths in a specific year to the number of live births during the same year, multiplied by 100. However, the answer indicates that both statements are incorrect.

Alert - correct answer should be option- 2: 2 only. The answer provided initially is incorrect because the second statement is indeed an accurate description of how the Infant Mortality Rate is calculated. Therefore, choice 2 is the correct one.