Question 26 · LEK · Demographic indicators
The general real (rough) death rate in Poland in 2014 was 970/100 000. In a small developing country in the same year it was 810/100 000. Which of the following best describes that situation?
- A. in Poland more people die because the population is larger.
- B. in this developing country infant mortality is high and infant mortality is not included in the death rate.
- C. in this small country the healthcare system is better than in Poland.
- D. in the developing country the death rate is lower because of emigration.
- E. in developed countries the real death rate is usually higher because the percentage of the elderly in their populations is also higher.
Hint
A crude rate ignores the age structure of the populations being compared.
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