Flashcard sets with a 'infant mortality rate' term meaning 'the annual number of deaths of infants under one year of age, compared with total live births. its is expressed as the annual number of deaths among infants among infants per 1000 births rather than a percentage. this is important because it tell how developed a country is, if they have a high imr they are an ldc and if it is low they are an mdc.'

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