ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
the number of infants who die for every thousand births
A
birth rate
B
GPD per capita
C
infant mortality
D
secondary economic activity
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -There are approximately 6700 newborn deaths every day, amounting to 47% of all child deaths under the age of 5 years, up from 40% in 1990.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Infant mortality rate is the number of deaths per 1, 000 live births of children under one year of age. The rate for a given region is the number of children dying under one year of age, divided by the number of live births during the year, multiplied by 1, 000.

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