Question

1. The following table gives sample mortality statistics for Alabama. After reviewing the health status indicators and mortality data, calculate the following mortality rates:
   1. Crude death rate
   2. Maternal mortality rate
   3. Age-specific mortality rate for persons age 55 years or older
   4. Cause-specific mortality rates for those who died from heart disease
   5. Cause-specific mortality rates for those who died from malignant neoplasms

Data

Mortality statistics_________________________________

Total one-year population                                                       4,599,030

Population of 55 years of age and older                               1,102,392

Number of live births                                                              62,915

Number of fetal deaths                                                           571

Number of maternal deaths                                                  11

Total deaths                                                                            46,259

Number of deaths of persons 55 and older                             38,716

Number one cause of death in the state is

            Heart disease – deaths from heart disease                  12,434

Number two cause of death in the state is

            Malignant neoplasms – deaths from cancer               9,759

Answer 1