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    The general fertility rate is the number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 (or 49) in a given year. It is calculated by taking the number of live births in an area during the year, multiplying it by 1,000, and dividing it by the mid-year female population of the same area aged 15-44 (or 49) for that year. The general fertility rate is a better measure of fertility than the crude birth rate because it only considers women of childbearing age rather than the entire population, though its weakness is that not all women in the denominator are actually exposed to the risk of childbirth.

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    The general fertility rate is the number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 (or 49) in a given year. It is calculated by taking the number of live births in an area during the year, multiplying it by 1,000, and dividing it by the mid-year female population of the same area aged 15-44 (or 49) for that year. The general fertility rate is a better measure of fertility than the crude birth rate because it only considers women of childbearing age rather than the entire population, though its weakness is that not all women in the denominator are actually exposed to the risk of childbirth.

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    General Fertility Rate

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    The general fertility rate is the number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 (or 49) in a given year. It is calculated by taking the number of live births in an area during the year, multiplying it by 1,000, and dividing it by the mid-year female population of the same area aged 15-44 (or 49) for that year. The general fertility rate is a better measure of fertility than the crude birth rate because it only considers women of childbearing age rather than the entire population, though its weakness is that not all women in the denominator are actually exposed to the risk of childbirth.

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    GENERAL FERTILITY

    RATE
    General Fertility Rate (GFR)
    It is the “number of live births per 1000 women in the reproductive age-group (15-44 or
    49 years) in a given year”
    Number of live births in an area
    GFR= duringthe year x 1000
    Mid-year female population age 15-44
    (or 49) in the same area in same year
    General fertility rate is a better measure of fertility than the crude birth rate because
    the denominator is restricted to the number of women in the child-bearing age, rather
    than the whole population. The major weakness of this rate is that not all women in
    the denominator are exposed to the risk of childbirth

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