Crude birth rate is crude because: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Crude birth rate is crude because:
A. It does not account for age-sex composition of the population
B. It is based on sample
C. It uses only male births
D. It is always wrong
Answer: Option A
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
The denominator is total population, not the population at risk (women 15-49).

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