CDS 2026 (I) General Knowledge, question 44

Topic: Economy

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Q44

Which one among the following statements correctly defines the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) ?

  1. (a) IMR is the average number of infants born to a woman over her lifetime.
  2. (b) IMR is the average number of infants born in a year per 1000 deaths before attaining one year of age.
  3. (c) IMR is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1000 live births in a year.Correct answer
  4. (d) IMR is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per year.

Solution.

Answer: (c) IMR is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1000 live births in a year.

  1. IMR counts deaths before the first birthday per 1,000 live births in a year.
  2. A raw count of infant deaths, as in (d), has no live-birth base and is not a rate.