Which of the following correctly defines the General Fertility Rate (GFR)?

• A Live births per 1000 mid-year population
• B Live births per 1000 married women of reproductive age
• C Live births per 1000 pregnancies regardless of outcome
• D Live births per 1000 women of child-bearing age (15 to 44 or 15 to 49 years) ✓

Explanation

The General Fertility Rate is defined as the number of live births occurring in a year per 1000 women of childbearing age, conventionally taken as 15 to 44 or 15 to 49 years. It removes the distortion caused by variation in the proportion of reproductive-age women, unlike the crude birth rate, whose denominator is the entire mid-year population. Option B describes a fertility measure based on marital status, not the standard GFR used in vital statistics.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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