Mortality Rates in Alaska & Florida for Neoplasms

PHPH7011 Foundational Competencies

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INSTRUCTIONS - Use this word document to fill in the blank for both the tables using respective Direct and Indirect methods.

DIRECT METHOD

Use the direct method of age adjustment to calculate the mortality rates in Alaska and Florida for malignant neoplasms. The table below provides the age-specific death rates from malignant neoplasms.

	Age-Specific Death Rate from Malignant Neoplasm per 100,000, 1987
Age Groups	Alaska	Florida	U.S Population, 1987
<5	0	3.0	18,250,000
5-44	16.5	14.1	150,020,000
45-64	295.3	230.8	42,300,000
65+	1009.3	1105.3	29,840,000
Total	---------	---------	243,400,000

INDIRECT METHOD

Use the indirect method to calculate the expected deaths in Alaska and Florida from accidents and calculate the Standardized mortality ratio. The total observed deaths from accidents for each state are provided.

		Population, 1987
Age Groups	US Accident Deaths per 100,000, 1987	Alaska	Florida
<5	21.2	60,000	812,000
5-44	33.6	368,000	6,543,000
45-64	35.0	78,000	2,528,000
65+	86.6	19,000	2,140,000
Total	39.0	525,000	12,023,000