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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. (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. (Department of Health)

INFANT MORTALITY RATE (IMR) - the annual number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births. (TWG on Maternal and Child Mortality, NSCB)

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. (Department of Health)

MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE (MMR) - the annual number of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 livebirths. (TWG on Maternal and Child Mortality, NSCB)

MORBIDITY - any departure, subjective or objective, from a stage of physiological well-being. (Department of Health)

UNDER FIVE MORTALITY RATE (U5MR) - the annual number of deaths of children under age 5 per 1,000 live births averaged over the previous five years. (TWG on Maternal and Child Mortality, NSCB)

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