Epidemiology for Public Health Practice 5th Edition by Robert Friis,Thomas Sellers

Exercise 2

Using Table 3A-1 , calculate age-specific death rates for the category of malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus, and lung. What inferences can be made from the age specific death rates for malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus, and lung?
Table 1 Malignant Neoplasms of Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung Deaths by Age Group, United States, 2003
* Includes ICD-10, 1992 codes C33-C34.
Sources: Data are from Hoyert DL, Heron MP, Murphy SL, Kung H. Deaths: Final Data for 2003, National Vital Statistics Reports , Vol 54, No 13, p. 30. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2006; and from Heron MP, Smith BL. Deaths: Leading Causes for 2003, National Vital Statistics Reports , Vol 55, No 10, p. 92. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2007.