Which of the following is accomplished by looking at an age-adjusted death rate rather than a crude death rate?
a) The age-adjusted death rate adjusts for differences in the age structure over time or between two populations.
b) The age-adjusted death rate weights infant mortality more highly because of the importance of infant death.
c) The age-adjusted death rate weights deaths over age 65 more highly because of the increased risks of death at older ages.
d) The age-adjusted death rate weighs deaths at ages 15-64 more heavily because of the importance of the working age population.
Question 2
Which of the following is not true in populations where HIV is mainly transmitted through heterosexual intercourse and the level of HIV mortality is high?
a) There is a peak in death rates at adult ages in addition to mortality peaks at young ages and at advanced ages.
b) The peak in death rates at adult ages occurs at a younger age for men than for women.
c) Due to reproductive physiology, women are more easily infected by HIV than men.
d) The effects of HIV on the IMR are much less than on e00.
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