Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:7. Complete the table below (per 1,000 persons):
Population A
Population B
Bonus
Unadjusted Overall Mortality
Rate (Question 4)
Age-Adjusted Mortality Rate
What changed or didn't change after age-adjustment between Population A and Population B
(compare the unadjusted mortality rates to the age-adjusted mortality rate)? Why do you think
that is?
Transcribed Image Text:Age (Yrs)
<15
15-44
>45
Total
# people
4,000
8,000
3,000
15,000
Population A
% of Pop.
27
53
20
100
Table 1
# deaths
50
350
100
500
# people
1,000
3,000
6,000
10,000
Population B
% of Pop.
10
30
60
100
# deaths
25
130
345
500
4. Compute the unadjusted overall mortality rates per 1,000 persons for Populations A & B
in Table 1. (Hint: Decimal to at least the tenth.)
Crude Mortality Rate, Pop A:
Crude Mortality Rate, Pop B:
Expert Solution
Step 1
The crude mortality rate is the number of death per 1000 population.
CMR=(Number of death per year/Total population)*1000
Age-specific death rate= (Age-specific death/ Age specific total population)*1000
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