<prompt> General feility rate is a better measure of feility than the crude bih rate because the denominator includes15 - 45 years of aged femalesMidyear populationTotal women populationMarried women population  <response>: General feility rate is the number of live bihs per 1000 women in the reproductive are group 15-44 or 49 years in a given year GFR number of live bih in an area during the year X 1000 mid year female population age group 15-44 or 49 in the same area in same year General feility rate is a better measure of feility than the crude bih rate because the denominator includes the number of women in the child bearing age rather than the whole population Reference : Park;s textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, Page no: 488 