Epidemiology: Mortality Rates
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that 4,739 deaths occurred in the U.S. during 2000 when a pedestrian was struck and killed by a motor vehicle. They estimate that 78,000 pedestrians were injured in pedestrian/motor-vehicle collisions during the year. The population of the United States that year was 281,421,906.
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1) Based on these data, what was the case fatality rate of pedestrian/motor-vehicle collision injury in 2000? Express this as a percentage.
2) What was the cause specific mortality rate for pedestrian/vehicle collisions that year? Express this per 100,000.
3) If there were a total of 2,448,117 deaths from all causes that year in the United States, what would the proportionate mortality for pedestrian motor-vehicle collisions be? Express this as a percentage.
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The solution calculates the case fatality rate, cause-specific mortality rate, and the proportionate mortality.
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1) Based on these data, what was the case fatality rate of pedestrian/motor-vehicle collision injury in 2000? Express this as a percentage.
The case fatality rate is the rate of death among people who already have a condition (here, the condition is ...
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