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

Exercise 4

Refer to both Table 3A-2 and Table 1. The total population in 2003 was 290,810,789 (males = 143,037,290; females = 147,773,499). For 2003, the total number of live births was 4,089,950.
a. Calculate the crude death rates (per 100,000) and the cause-specific death rates (per 100,000) for accidents, malignant neoplasms, and Alzheimer's disease. Repeat these calculations for males and females separately.
b. What are the PMRs (percent) for accidents, malignant neoplasms, and Alzheimer's disease? Repeat these calculations for males and females separately.
c. Calculate the maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births).
d. Calculate the infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births).
e. Calculate the crude birth rate (per 1,000 population).
f. Calculate the general fertility rate (per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years).
Table 1 Total Mortality from Selected Causes, 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. 7-8. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2007; and Hoyert DL, Heron MP, Murphy SL, Kung H. Deaths: Final Data for 2003, National Vital Statistics Reports , Vol 54, No 13, p. 101-102. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2006.