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Figures at a Glance, India 2003

Total

1. Percentage distribution of population by broad age groups

0-14 32.3

15-59 60.5

60+ 7.2

2. Fertility indicators

Crude birth rate 24.8

General fertility rate 95.3

Age-specific Fertility rate

15 - 19 46.1

20 - 24 214.4

25 - 29 171.3

30 - 34 90.6

35 - 39 44.1

40 - 44 18.5

45 - 49 6.8

Total fertility rate 3

Gross reproduction rate 1.4

General marital fertility rate 132.6

Total marital Fertility rate 4.7

Mean age at effective marriage for females 20.1

3. Total fertility rate by level of education of the mother

Illiterate 4

Literate 2.4

Without any formal education 3.8

Below primary 3.2

Primary 2.4

Middle 2.1

Class X 1.9

Class XII 1.5

Graduate and above 1.8

4. Pecentage distribution of live births by birth order

1 35.1

2 28.1

3 16.5

4+ 20.3

5. Percentage distribution of current live births by birth interval ( in months )

10 to 12 0.8

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12 to 18 8.4

18 to 24 14.5

24 to 30 23.2

30 to 36 10.3

36+ 42.6

6. Mortality indicators

Crude death rate 8

Percentage of infant deaths to total deaths 18.7

Percentage of deaths of less than one week to total infant deaths 40.9

Infant mortality rate 60

Neo-natal mortality rate 37

Early neo-natal mortality rate 25

Late neo-natal mortality rate 12

Post neo-natal mortality rate 23

Peri-natal mortality rate 33

Still birth rate 9

7. Percentage distribution of births by type of medical attention at delivery

Insititutional 28.3

Doctor, nurse or trained midwife 19.7

Traditional birth attendants 48.5

Relatives and others 3.4

8. Percentage distribution of deaths by type of medical attention before death

Insititutional 21.7

Medical attention other than institution 65.5

No medical attention 12.7

DefinitionsDefinitions

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Crude birth rateNumber of live births during the year

---------------------------------------------------- x 1000Mid-year population

Age-specific fertility

Number of live births in a particular age-group

---------------------------------------------------------------------- x 1000

Mid-year female population of the same age-group

General fertility rate (GFR)

Number of live births in a year

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- x 100

Mid-year female population in the age-group (15-49) years

Total fertility rate (TFR)

45-495 x ASFR

15-19

-----------------------

1000

Gross reproduction rate (GRR)

45-49

5 x ASFR for female live births

15-19---------------------------------------

1000

Age-specific marital

ertility rate (ASMFR)

Number of live births in a particular age-group

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- x 1

Mid-year married female population of the same age-group

General marital fertility

Fertility rate (GMFR)

Number of live births in a year----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mid-year married female population in the age group (15-49) year

Total marital fertilityrate (TMFR)

45-495 x ASMFR

15-19------------------------------

1000

Crude death rate

(CDR)

Number of deaths during the year-------------------------------------------------- x 1000

Mid-year population

Age-specific mortalityrate (ASMR)

Number of deaths in a particular age-group

---------------------------------------------------------------- x 1000

Mid-year population of the same age-group

Infant mortality rate

(IMR)

Number of infant deaths during the year

----------------------------------------------------------- x 1000

Number of live births during the yearInfant mortality rate comprises of two parts, viz. Neo-natal mortality rate and Post neo-natal mortality rate.The neo-natal mortality rate also comprises of two parts viz. Early neo-natal mortality rate and late neo-natal moThese are defined as:

Neo-natal mortality

rate (NMR)

Number of infant deaths of < than 29 days during the year--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- x 10

Number of live births during the year

Early neo-natal Number of infant deaths of < than 7 days during the year

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mortality rate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- x 100Number of live births during the year

Late neo-natal

mortality rate

Number of infant deaths of 7 days to < than 29 days during the year----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of live births during the year

Post neo-natalmortality rate(PNMR)

Number of infant deaths of 29 days to < than one year during the year----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of live births during the year

Peri-natal mortality

Rate (PMR)

Number of still births and infant deaths of < than 7 days during the year

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Number of live births and still births during the year

Still birth rate

Number of still births during the year

----------------------------------------------------------------------- x 1000

Number of live births and still births during the year