This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Epidemiology, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Number of live bih/1000 women of reproductive age group in one year is- 
Select and explain. 
A. Age specific feility rate, B. Gross reproduction rate, C. Total feility rate, D. General feility rate
D: General feility rate
Answer: D: General feility rate 
Explanation: .general feility rates is the number of live bihs per 1000 woman in the reproductive age group in a given year.it is a better measure of feility than the crude bih 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 childbih. ref:park&;s textbook,ed 22,pg no 430