Measures of Mortality

Question 1

My answer is no. The reason is that the question lacked some crucial
information to be calculated. It does not reveal what kind of work did those
industries do, and what kind of exposure that workers exposed with. Also, the
worker distribution and total population of each industry are never mentioned,
causing inaccurate mortality statistics and ratio. Thus, comparison between
two industries cannot be determined.
Question 2

a. Crude mortality rate (k = 100,000)

1444
×100,000=902.5 deaths per 100,000 populations
160000

b. Infant mortality rate (k = 1,000)

88
×1,000=26.7 deaths per 1 , 000infant populations
3300

c. Maternal mortality rate (k = 100,000)

5
×1 00 , 0 00=1 51.5 deaths per 1 00 , 00 0 maternal populations
3300

d. Neonatal mortality rate (k = 1,000). Interpret your answer.

4
×1 , 000=1.21 deaths per 1 , 000 infant populations
3300

 Among 1,000 living births population, about 1.21 living births are at risk of neonatal or
prenatal mortality deaths.

e. Fetal death rate (k = 1,000)

55
×1 , 000=16.67 deaths per 1, 000 infant populations
3300

f. Age-specific mortality rate for person ages 55 years or older (k = 100,000)

848
× 100,000
44000
¿ 1927.27 deaths per 100,000 populations aged 55 years∧above

g. Cause-specific mortality rate for those who died from stroke (k = 100,000)
56
×100,000=35 deaths per 100,000 populations
160000

h. Cause-specific mortality rate for those who died from heart disease (k = 100,000)
133
×100,000=83.13 deaths per 100,000 populations
160000

i. Postnatal mortality rate (k = 1,000)

8
×1 , 000=2.42deaths per 100,000 infant populations
3300

j. PMR for cancer among persons ages 55 years or older

 44
× 100=3.0 deaths MEASURES OF MORBIDITY
1444

Question 4

Yes, I agreed with the statement given that women have twice higher risk of
developing arthritis compared to men. The reason is that the number of test
subject of each gender variable is equal and it was conducted using the same
age variable, which are between 40 to 50 years old. Thus, leading to acceptable
point prevalence to both gender variables
Question 5

My answer is yes. This is because the percentage of each range of age are based
on total 100 on its own scale. For example, the percentage of person aged 18 to
29 years old are 4 out of 100 person aged 18 to 27 years old. Also, age variable
did actually reflect on how does the hormonal secretion in the human body. The
increasing rate of ages decreases the body efficiency of the insulin in the body,
increasing the risks of diabetes to trigger. Thus, the percentage statistics are
considered valid

Question 6

a. What was the prevalence of hypothyroidism, treated or not, in the examined

group in January 2011? in January 2013? (k = 1,000)
- Prevalence in the January 2011 : 8/1000
- Prevalence in the January 2013 : 13/999

b. What was the annual incidence (means per year) of hypothyroidism in the
group? (k=1,000). Interpret your answer.
- 2011 : 3/995 x 1,000 = 3.02
 Thus, annual incidence of hypothyroidism in 2011 are 3.02
persons per 1000 persons
- 2013 : 4/990 x 1,000 = 4.04
 Thus, annual incidence of hypothyroidism in 2013 are 4.04
persons per 1000 persons
c. What was the 2-year-period prevalence of hypothyroidism? (k=1,000).
Interpret your answer.
Prevalence of 2-year-period prevalence : 14/1000

d. What was the case fatality rate of hypothyroidism in year 2011?

- Case fatality rate : 0

e. Of all cases detected at the 2 examinations, what proportion was newly

discovered? (report proportion in %)
- 50%
Question 7

a. What is the sex ratio of male to female regular alcoholic beverage drinkers?

- 1.33:1

b. What proportion (%) of regular alcoholic beverage drinkers are women?

- 42.8% out of the women population are regular alcoholic beverage drinkers

c. What is the prevalence per 1,000 of regular alcoholic beverage drinking -among
men only, women only, and the total population aged 18 and older?

- The prevalence of the regular alcoholic beverage drinking in men are 565
people per 1000 men drinker population
- The prevalence of the regular alcoholic beverage drinking in women are 393
per 1000 women drinker population
- The prevalence of the regular alcoholic beverage drinking aged 18 years and
above are 476 per 1000 drinker population

Question 8

a. Calculate number of person-years of observation in this population.

First five years : 20
Next 1 year : 10
Complete 10 years : 100-20-10 = 70
- Answer : (20x5) + (10x6) + (70x10) = 860 person-years

b. Calculate incidence rate for colon cancer, k = 1,000.

20
- ×1000=23.3 people per 1000 people population
860