All the statements regarding crude bih rate are true, except:
General feility rate is a better measure of feility than the crude bih rate, because the denominator is restricted to the number of woman in childbearing age rather than the whole population. Ref: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine By K. Park, 19th Edition, Page 386 and 20th Edition, Pages 418-19; The Economics of Sustainable Development By Sisay Asefa, Page 104; Epidemiology for Public Health Practice By Robe H. Friis, 4th Edition, Pages 108-9
It is an Indicator of feility
It excludes the still bihs
It is unaffected by age-distribution
It is a better measure of feility than the general feility rate