Calculation of infant mortality rate in the sultanate of Oman

Infant mortality rate [IMR], despite its unique importance, is always estimated. The estimation of IMR of 23 per 1,000 live births in the Sultanate of Oman seems to be high. This rate has been estimated from the child health surveys, 1988. With the rapid growth of health services, the health status of Omanis have improved. Thus the estimation of IMR in the Sultanate on past surveys cannot provide the real value of IMR. It has been shown in this paper how to calculate the actual lMR. Our computation of IMR gives the value of 13.0 per 1,000 live birth in the north Batinah region for the year 1993, and 12.8 for 1994