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11 Fertility Indicators relevant for MBBS students

1) Crude birth rate

Crude Birth Rate

2) General fertility Rate
general fertility rate

3) General marital fertility rate (GMFR): It is the number of live births per 1000 married women in the reproductive age-group (15 – 49 yr.) in a given year

4) Age specific fertility rate: It is the number of the live births in a year to 1000
Women in any specified age-group

5) Total fertility rate: It is the average no. of children a woman would have if she
were to pass through her reproductive years, bearing children at the same rate as the woman now in each age group

6) Total marital fertility rate: Average no. of children that would be born to a married woman if she experiences the current fertility pattern throughout her reproductive span.

7) Gross reproduction rate: Average number of girls that would be born to a woman if she experiences the current fertility pattern throughout her reproductive span (15-49 yr.) assuming no mortality.

8) Net reproduction rate: It is defined as the number of daughters a new born girl will bear during her lifetime, assuming fixed age specific fertility and mortality rates.

9) Pregnancy rate: It is the ratio of number of pregnancies in a year to married women in the ages 15-44 or 15-49 years.

10) Abortion rate: It is the number of all types of abortions, usually per 1000 women of Childbearing age.

11) General Marriage rate:
general marriage rate

Reference:
Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine: Demography and Family Planning

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