| INDICATORS OF HEALTH
Indicators are required not only to measure the health status of the community but also to compare the health status of one country with that of another, for assessment of health care needs, for allocation of scarce resources and for monitoring and evaluation of health services, activities and programs.
According to W.H.O indicators are variable which helps to measure changes. The various health indicators are classified as follows:-
MORTALITY INDICATORS: There are varieties of mortality indicators. These include crude death rate (CDR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR), Child Mortality Rate, less than 5 mortality, disease specific mortality.
Increase or decrease in these rates will determine changing trends of health status and comparative health status of community. All these indicators are valid partially, reliable and sensitive. Some are very sensitive and specific to the situation.
e.g. the infant mortality rate is the most sensitive indicator of health whereas maternal mortality rate is sensitive indicator of obstetrical value.
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