Positive mortality indicator is -

Mortality indicators These are Crude death rate Expectation of life (life expectancy) Infant mortality rate Child mortality rate Under-5 proportional mortality rate Maternal mortality rate Disease specific mortality rate Age specific death rate Adult mortality rate Years of potential life lost Among these only life expectancy is a posive mortality indicator, i.e. increase life expectancy means improvement in health. All other are ‘negave’ health indicators, i.e. increase value of these indicators implies poor health of community.