203 - Second Part - Terms

Live birth

Complete expulsion of the product of human conception from its mother which shows vital signs such as heartbeat, breathing etc

Still birth

Children remaining in the mother’s womb and the mother has remained pregnant for 28 weeks

Family size

Total number of children born to a woman/couple at a particular point in time.

Sterility

A woman or a couple who has not given birth

Parity

Order of women by the number of children they have birthed.

Reproductive span

It is the child bearing time period of a woman.

Fecundity

A woman who is capable of becoming a mother is known as a fecund woman, and this characteristic is called fecundity.

Fertility

It is the reproductive performance of a woman. In other words, it is the number of children born to a woman.

Cohort

Children born in one year are called cohort. It generally means a group of people who share a common characteristic within a time period.

Ratio

It is the size of one measure to another

Rates

Rate is the change in one variable with respect to a change in another variable - usually time.

Birth rates

In a given area, total population in a year/total population at mid year

Sex Ratio at Birth

male birth/female birth x 100

Dependency Ratio

(under 15 + over 65)/(between 15 and 65) x 100