Vital Statistics & Health Indices

Vital statistics are the ongoing numerical records of "vital events" — births, deaths, marriages, divorces, migration — used to measure the health of a population and to plan, monitor and evaluate health programmes. For NEET PG this is a calculation-heavy, recall-heavy topic: the trick is to memorise the exact numerator and denominator of each rate/ratio and to know the latest Indian figures (SRS data). Master the de…