Define infant mortality rate, and explain its relevance for ...

[Caiter2013]

Define infant mortality rate, and explain its relevance for measures of health and life expectancy.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Polarization is the process by which religious beliefs, practices, and institutions lose their significance in sectors of society and culture. It involves a decline of religion in everyday life and a corresponding increase in organizations that are highly bureaucratized, fragmented, and impersonal.
 
  a. True
 b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

[briseldagonzales]

Answer to Question 1

The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths per thousand live births in a calendar

year. High infant mortality is related to malnutrition, as well as illness and disease. So,

high rates of infant mortality suggest low health status. High rates of infant mortality

contribute to an overall lower life expectancy within a population.

Answer to Question 2

False