Question

Using the information in the following tables, calculate and interpret the following rates for each of the two cities (include any comparisons between the two cities in your interpretation).

1. Crude death rates per 1000 persons

	City A (2008)			City B (2008)
Age	Population	Deaths	Population		Deaths
< 5	25000	200	30000		300
5-14	15000	30	20000		50
15-24	10000	50	20000		100
25-34	20000	40	20000		80
35-44	20000	100	10000		60
45-64	40000	400	15000		300
65+	80000	4000	10000		700
Total	210,000	4,820	125,000		1,590

Crude death rate =          Total # deaths______

                                 # persons in population

Answer 1

CRUDE DEATH RATE IS THE NO OF DEATH IN A GIVEN GEOGRAPHICAL AREA THAT IS DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AND MULTIPLIED BY THE RATE OF DEATH.

CRUDE DEATH RATE FOR   

CITY A IN 2008

CRUDE DEATH RATE= TOTAL DEATH / TOTAL POPULATION *1000

= 4820 / 210000 * 1000

CRUDE DEATH RATE = 22.95

CRUDE DEATH RATE FOR

CITY B IN 2008

CRUDE DEATH RATE= TOTAL DEATH / TOTAL POPULATION *1000

= 1590 / 125000 * 1000

CRUDE DEATH RATE = 12.72  

CRUDE DEATH RATE IN POPULATION OF CITY ' A ' 22.95 IS HIGHER THAN POPULATION OF CITY 'B' 12.72

COMPARISION BETWEEN TWO CITIES

AGE GROUP < 5  HAS LESS MORTALITY RATE IN CITY A THAN CITY B

THERE ARE 100 DEATH PER 12500 IN CITY 'A' AND 100 DEATH IN 10000 IN CITY B

AGE GROUP 15 TO 24 DEATH RATE IN BOTH THE CITY IS EQUAL.

AGE GROUP 25 TO 34 HAS DOUBLE DEATH RATE IN CITY B AS COMPARED TO CITY A.

AGE GROUP 35 TO 44 HAS MORE DEATH RATE IN CITY B AS COMPARED TO CITY A , CITY A HAS 50 DEATHS PER 10000 AND CITY B HAS 60 DEATHS PER 10000.

AGE GROUP 45 TO 64 CITY B HAS MORE DEATH RATE AS COMPARED TO CITY A , CITY A HAS 100 DEATH PER 10000 AND CITY B HAS 100 DEATHS PER 5000

AGE GROUP ABOVE 65 HAS MORE CRUDE DEATH RATE IN CITY B THAN CITY A , CITY A HAS 500 CDR PER 10000

AND CITY B HAS 700 CDR PER 10000.