Question

Increased IMR and decreased MMR in a population will
A) Cause rapid increase in growth rate
B) Result in decline in growth rate
C) Not cause significant change in growth rate
D) Result in an explosive population

Answer 1

Hint: The infant mortality rate is expected to be a primary and meaningful measure of the general health condition or quality of life of a geographic region.

Complete Answer:
- The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is expressed as the ratio of maternal deaths per 100,000 live born over the same period over a given time period.
- According to the number of human births, it describes the probability of maternal mortality and basically captures the likelihood of death in a single pregnancy or one live birth.
- The loss of young children under the age of 1 is infant mortality. This death count is determined by the infant mortality rate (IMR), and that is the number of people killed per 1000 births of children below a year of age.

Now, let us find the solution from the options-
- Both IMR and MMR are liable for inversely influencing the rate of development.
- This suggests that reductions in both IMR and MMR would result in fast population growth and vice versa.
- When IMR is raised, it will lead to a decrease in the growth rate.
- A decline in MMR induces a rapid rise in the rate of growth.
- Thus, in the case, if the IMR is raised and the MMR in the population is reduced, no substantial difference in the growth rate will be triggered.

Thus, the correct answer is option (C) Not to cause significant change in growth rate.

Note: Globally, 9 million children younger than 1 year died in 1990. This figure has nearly halved to 4.6 million child deaths by 2015. The infant mortality rate decreased during the same period, from 64 deaths per 1,000 to 29 deaths per 1000 live births.