ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Infant mortality rate is strictly speaking not a rate (i.e. the number of deaths divided by the number of population at risk during a certain period of time) but a probability of death derived from a life table and expressed as rate per 1000 live births.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition Life expectancy at a given age represents the average number of years of life remaining if a group of persons at that age were to experience the mortality rates for a particular year over the course of their remaining life.

Detailed explanation-3: -High infant and child mortality rates result in lower values of life expectancy at birth than at older ages. This imbalance in life table disappears only when the crossover occurs and it happens when the inverse of the infant mortality becomes equal to the life expectancy at age one.

Detailed explanation-4: -This indicator gives the number of years a person would be expected to live, starting at birth, if the age-and sex-specific mortality rates were held constant over their life span. A higher life expectancy is considered an indicator of better overall health of the population. More items •01-May-2020