What is the age-specific mortality rate from disease X in City B for age younger than 65? Use the following table to answer the question. Number of Residents and Deaths From Disease X by Age Group in City A and City B
$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|}\hline\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\text{} &\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\text{City A} \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\ & \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\text{City B}\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\\end{array}$
$>656,0004503,000225\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|}\hline\text { Age group } & \text { No. of residents } & \begin{array}{l}\text { No. of deaths } \\\text { from disease X }\end{array} & \text { No. of residents } & \begin{array}{l}\text { No. of deaths } \\\text { from disease X }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Age }<65 & 3,000 & 30 & 6,000 & 60 \\\hline \text { Age }>65 & 6,000 & 450 & 3,000 & 225\\\hline\end{array}$

A) 53 deaths/1,000 people
B) 32 deaths/1,000 people
C) 10 deaths/1,000 people
D) 75 deaths/1,000 people
E) 43 deaths/1,000 people

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What is the age-specific mortality rate from disease X in City B for age younger than 65? Use the following table to answer the question. Number of Residents and Deaths From Disease X by Age Group in City A and City B

\begin{array}{|c|c|c|}\hline\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\text{} &\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\text{City A} \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\ & \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\text{City B}\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\\end{array}

>656,0004503,000225\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|}\hline\text { Age group } & \text { No. of residents } & \begin{array}{l}\text { No. of deaths } \\\text { from disease X }\end{array} & \text { No. of residents } & \begin{array}{l}\text { No. of deaths } \\\text { from disease X }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Age }<65 & 3,000 & 30 & 6,000 & 60 \\\hline \text { Age }>65 & 6,000 & 450 & 3,000 & 225\\\hline\end{array}

A) 53 deaths/1,000 people
B) 32 deaths/1,000 people
C) 10 deaths/1,000 people
D) 75 deaths/1,000 people
E) 43 deaths/1,000 people

Re'Shell McLeroy · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :   The age-specific mortality rate for City B for age younger than 65 is calculated by dividing the number of deaths from disease X (60) by the number of residents in that age group (6,000) and then multiplying by 1,000. This gives   60 6000 × 1000 = 10  \frac{60}{6000} 	imes 1000 = 10  6000 60 ​ × 1000 = 10   deaths per 1,000 people.

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