11 Fertility Indicators relevant for MBBS students

1. Crude birth rate

$$=\frac{\text{live births during the year}}{\text{mid-year population}}\times 1000$$

2. General fertility Rate

$$=\frac{\text{live births during the year}}{\text{midyear female population aged 15–49 years}}\times 1000$$

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:
    

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

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