Most sensitive index of the health of a community is

Explanation

• The Community Health Index is on a scale of 0 to 1000.
• The higher the number, the healthier the community.
• Health indicators are a way of measuring specified health characteristics in a given population. 
• Health indicators are often used by governments to guide health care policy.
• The infant mortality rate is the ratio of deaths under 1yr of age in a given year to the total number of live births in the same year, usually expressed as a rate per 1000 live births
• Indicator of the health status of not only infants but also the whole population & socioeconomic conditions
• The current infant mortality rate for India in 2022 is 27.695 deaths per 1000 live births

The five leading causes of infant death in 2020 were:

• Birth defects.
• Preterm birth and low birth weight.
• Sudden infant death syndrome.
• Injuries (e.g., suffocation).
• Maternal pregnancy complications.

Important Points 5 indicators of health in India

• Crude death rate
• Life expectancy
• Infant mortality rate
• Maternal mortality rate
• Crude birth rate

Additional InformationThe maternal mortality ratio can be calculated by dividing recorded (or estimated) maternal deaths by total recorded (or estimated) live births in the same period and multiplying by 100,000.Maternal mortality ratio = (Number of maternal deaths / Number of live births) X 100,000.

The crude birth rate is the annual number of live births per 1,000 population.

The crude death rate is calculated as the number of deaths in a given period divided by the population exposed to the risk of death in that period.