Posted: September 14th, 2017

EPIDEMIOLOGY

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Region
Number of Deaths
Number of Deaths due to heart disease
Number of Deaths due to malignant neoplasms
Average mid-year population
United States
2,278,994
732,409
534,310
260,337,445
New England
119,006
37,764
39,850
13,270,071
Middle Atlantic
369,114
130,979
87,908
36,123,734
East North Central
390,444
130,141
92,083
43,185,930
West North Central
169,013
54,479
38.645
18,210,645
South Atlantic
427,757
133,467
101,716
46,399,501
East South Central
156,167
51,267
35,298
15,890,008
West South Central
233,700
73,098
53,361
28,403,014
Mountain
112,353
30,961
25,423
1,213,676
Pacific
301,440
90,253
70,026
41,646,863
Answer the following questions and show all your calculations:
1.
What is the crude death rate for the East North Central region?

 
2.
What is the heart disease death rate for the East North Central region?

 
3. What is the proportionate mortality rate for heart disease in the East North Central region?

 
Bonus Question: Can you tell by looking at the data if there is another region similar to the East North Central region?

Part II: Data Analysis
Below is some sample data that allows you to simply calculate some basic rates.

Table 2. Preliminary Data for Unintentional Injuries
Total injuries
Fatal
injuries
Non-fatal injuries
# in population
Total deaths – All causes

 
Male
41
2
39
2,981
8
Female
73
3
70
2, 856
9

1.
What is the crude mortality rate per 100,000 population?

 
2.
What is the cause specific mortality rate for injuries?
3.
What is the case fatality rate (%) for injuries?
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