State and discuss any two indicators that help in measuring the health status of a country.
Answer.
Two indicators that help to measure the health status of a country are:
a) Infant Mortality Rate – Infant Mortality Rate (or IMR) indicates the number of children that survive first year of their life.
b) Literacy Rate – Literacy rate measures the proportion of literate population in the age
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group of seven years or above.
