<prompt> A community has a population of 10,000 and a bih rate of 36 per 1000.5. Maternal deaths were repoed in the current year; the MMR is:14.513.8205  <response>: Maternal Moality Rate Total no. of Pregnancy Related Maternal deaths in a year x 1000 Total no. of live Bihs in the same area year Bih rate 361000 Therefore total no of live bihs in the whole population i.e. 10,000 36 x 10 360 No. of maternal deaths 5 Therefore MMR 5360 x 1000 13.8 Ref: Parks Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine By K. Park, 19th Edition, Pages 23, 444. 