Question

Question 1

A county reports 250 deaths with a population of 500,000. What is the mortality rate?

For the same month last year, the mortality rate was .42 Have deaths increased, decreased, or stayed the same?

Possible answers:

Mortality rate is 0.5 per 1000

The death rates have increased.

Answer 1

Answer:

Mortality rate is 0.5 per 1000 habitant

the number of deaths have increased (from 210 to 250)

Step-by-step explanation:

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Mortality rate is the number of deaths in a specific population,usually expressed in units of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year

$Mortality\ rate\ (S)= \frac{(D)}{(P)} *10^{n}$

where

S=Mortality rate

D=deaths

P= population

n= is a conversion form ,such as multiplying by  10^{3}=1000, to  get mortality rate per 1,000 individuals( we will use n=3)

step 1

asign

S=unknown

D=250

P=500000

n=3, (for each  1000 people)

step 2

Replace

$S=\frac{250}{500000}*1000\\S=\ 0.5\ per\ 1000$

Mortality rate is 0.5 per 1000 habitant

step 3

what if S=0.42

S=0.42(assuming it is 0.42 per 1000,n=3)

D=unknown

P=500000

$(S)= \frac{(D)}{(P)} *10^{n}\\\\isolatin D\\\\S*P=D*10^{n}\\ D=\frac{S*P}{10^{n} } \\\\and\ replacing\\\\D=\frac{(0.42)*(500000)}{10^{3} }\\\\ Deaths=210$

the number of deaths have increased (from 210 to 250)

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