Positive mortality indicator is –
Correct Answer: Life expectancy
Description: Mortality indicators
These are
Crude death rate
Expectation of life (life expectancy)
Infant mortality rate
Child mortality rate
Under-5 proportional mortality rate
Maternal mortality rate
Disease specific mortality rate
Age specific death rate
Adult mortality rate
Years of potential life lost
Among these only life expectancy is a posive mortality indicator, i.e. increase life expectancy means improvement in health.
All other are ‘negave’ health indicators, i.e. increase value of these indicators implies poor health of community.
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