PUBH-340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mortality Rate
22 Aug 2018
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Potential life lost is a measure of 75 years. Important use of mortality is to compare two or more populations or one population in different time periods. Age is the simple most predictor of mortality (important, Unadjusted average for events in a population. We adjust them, we take into consideration some variables that influence them. Used to compare rates for entire populations, taking into account differences in variables we consider as influencing outcomes (age, gender, race). Can be done between populations with different characteristics. Between a single population at different time periods. Ex: between population of boston in 18th century and boston population in 20th century. Expected deaths in population of interest for each strata / total standard population. Mortality rate is higher among married men, age is coming back to being the predictor of death. Taking the sum of the two populations from the group. Divide death rate by 1,000 and multiply by the standard population.
