Vital, Health and Nutrition

Child Mortality Rate (CMR) - the annual number of deaths among children 1-4 of age
              per 1,000 live births. (TWG on Maternal and Child Mortality, NSCB) 
              Crude Death Rate (CDR) - annual number of deaths per 1,000 population.

                                                                                         Source: National Statistics Office

Foetal Death Rate (FDR) - measures pregnancy wastage. Death of the product of 
              conception occurs prior to its complete expulsion, irrespective of duration of
              pregnancy.

 Maternal Death - the death of woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of
              pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy or its
              management, but not from accidental or incidental causes.

Morbidity - any departure, subjective or objective, from a stage of physiological
              well-being.

                                                                                                                          Source: Department of Health

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) - the annual number of deaths of infants under one year of
             age per 1,000 live births.

 Maternal Mortality Rate(MMR) - the annual number of deaths of women from
             pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 livebirths. 

Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) - the annual number of deaths of children under age 5
            per 1,000 live births averaged over the previous five years.

                                         Source: Technical Working Group on Maternal and Child Mortality, NSCB

Glossary of Terms

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