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

Exercise 3

Using Table 1 , calculate the following for the United States: the age specific death rates and age- and sex-specific death rates per 100,000 (for age groups 20-24, 25-34, and 35-44 years). Note that there are nine calculations and answers. For example, the age- and sex-specific death rate for females aged 15-19 years is [(3,889/9,959,789). 100,000].
Table 1 Mortality by Selected Age Groups, Males and Females, United States, 2003
Sources: Data are 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; and from Hoyert DL, Heron MP, Murphy SL, Kung H. Deaths: Final Data for 2003, National Vital Statistics Reports , Vol 54, No 13, p. 21. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2006.