Bonus: (3 points) We discussed in class today, a study by the Department of Publ
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Bonus: (3 points) We discussed in class today, a study by the Department of Public Health at East Carolina University, that found a 6 percent rise in mortality from 2000 to 2013 among white men ages 45 to 54 in North Carolina. This trend in increasing mortality is referred to by the authors as deaths of despair" Le deaths stemming from suicide rates increased by 50%) and liver disease (asociated with drinking by nearly 40%). Other factors contributing tothis ncre se inmortality include heart disease, lung e d abetes and lack of medical insurance. Highest rates of mortality were found in state's most economically distressed counties. These findings were published in the North Carolina Medical Journal. is which type of mortality rate? In Chapter 4, we learnt of many different ways mortality rates are #1. This 6% increase in mortality calculated). #2. If 40% of the deaths were from liver disease, what type of mortality rate is this? #3. Given the vanous causes for this increase in mortality, Make up your own data and create a question problem that will allow the class (your colleagues) to calculate either Relative Risk (RR) or Attributable risk (AR) for any one of the risk factors discussed above.Explanation / Answer
1)
It is an example of cause-specific mortality rate, as we are attributing these deaths to a particular cause - despair which might according to the authors are translated into suicides, drinking problems, cardiac problems etc
2)
That would be Case Fatality rate as it would outline deaths because of a particular medical condition, in our case, it turns to be liver disease.