Question 4 · LDEK · Classic health status indicators
Which of the following is used as the numerator of the fraction determining the death rate?
- A. the number of all deaths in a given period of time.
- B. the number of deaths from the disease in a given period of time.
- C. the number of new incidences in a given period of time.
- D. the average number of people in the population in a given period of time.
- E. the number of people who are subject to risk in the population in a given period of time.
Hint
The crude death rate covers mortality of the whole population regardless of cause; the population itself goes in the denominator.
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