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Question
State and discuss any two indicators that help in measuring the health status of a country.
Solution
Two indicators that help to measure the health status of a country are:
- Infant Mortality Rate - Infant Mortality Rate (or IMR) indicates the number of children that survive the first year of their life.
- Literacy Rate - Literacy rate measures the proportion of the literate population in the age group of seven years or above.
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| Select Indicates of Development in education and health sectors | ||||||
| Particulars | 1951 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2016 - 2017 | |
| Real Per Capita Income (in Rs) | 7.651 | 12.174 | 15.748 | 23.095 | 77.659 | |
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Crude Death Rate (Per 1,000 Population) |
25.1 | 12.5 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 6.3 | |
| Infant Mortality Rate | 146 | 110 | 80 | 63 | 33 | |
| Life expectancy at Birth (in Years) | Male | 37.2 | 54.1 | 59.7 | 63.9 | 67 |
| Female | 36.2 | 54.7 | 60.9 | 66.9 | 70 | |
| Literacy rate (%) | 16.67 | 43.57 | 52.21 | 65.20 | 76 | |
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