Question 60 · LEK · Mortality rate
Which of the following deaths are termed as premature death?
- A. perinatal.
- B. up to 3 years of age.
- C. up to 18 years of age.
- D. before reaching 60 or 65 years of age.
- E. unavoidable.
Hint
Premature mortality is defined by an age threshold linked roughly to the end of working life.
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