Infant mortality rate (IMR) is the number of deaths per 1,000 live births of children under one year of age. The rate for a given region is the number of children dying under one year of age, divided by the number of live births during the year, multiplied by 1,000.

2. SUBMITTTED BY:
BINUKA DAHAL SUBMITTED TO: Ms. REKHA
GURUNG
 LEVEL: PCL
NURSING, 1ST YEAR
 Batch: 11th
 SUBJECT:
COMMUNITY
HEALTH NURSIING
Date of presentation: 2077/4/

3. I N
TOPIC OF PRESENTATION:
INFANT MORTALITY RATE

4. Defination of ..
 Infant : Children under 1 year of age.
 Mortality: Death Rate
 Rate: certain quantity, measure
Infant Mortality Rate(IMR)
It is a ratio of death under 1 year of age in a given year
to the total number of live birth.
or
It is the total number of infants death per thousand
live birth at a specific year.

5. CONTD….
 It is most universally accepted indicator of the health
status of infants.
 High Infant Mortality Rate indicates that the social,
economic and health status of a country is not in
good condition.
 It also show higher level of the health status of the
people.

6. INFANT MORTALITY CAN BE CALCULATED
BY USING FORMULA …
IMR= Do * 1000
B
Where,
IMR= Infant Mortality Rate
Do= total number of infants deaths in the given
place within specific year.
B= total number of live births happening in that
place in the year.

7. Current Infant Mortality rate of Nepal = 26.110
death per 1000 lives birth.