To Measure the Health of a Population, Epidemiologists Use the Age-Standardized

Multiple Choice

To measure the health of a population, epidemiologists use the age-standardized mortality rate, which provides what type of information?

A) weighted sum of deaths in the population on the basis of age.
B) the total number of deaths occurring within each age group.
C) weighted sum of deaths per year over the past ten years.
D) the average number of deaths occurring within each age group.