In a ceain population, there were 4050 bihs in last one year. There were 50 still bihs. 50 infants died within 7 days where as 150 died within 28 days. What is the neonatal moality rate-: (A) 50, (B) 62.5, (C) 12.5, (D) 49.4
Answer is A. Ans. is 'a' i.e., 50 Neonatal deaths are deaths occurring during the neonatal period, commencing at bih and ending 28 completed days after bih. Neonatal moality rate is the number of neonatal deaths in a given year per 1000 live bihs in that year.