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Davideckstein7

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Last year Census Tract (CT) 108, midyear population 7000, had 28 deaths due to heart disease and 24 deaths due to cancer. National mortality rates for the same year were heart disease: 334 per 100,000, and cancer: 182 per 100,000.
 
  Compared with national death rates, CT 108 had:
  a. A higher death rate for heart disease but a lower death rate for cancer
  b. A lower death rate for heart disease but a higher death rate for cancer
  c. Higher death rates for both heart disease and cancer
  d. Lower death rates for both heart disease and cancer

Question 2

The rate that best indicates the proportion of people exposed to an agent who develop the disease is
 
  a. Attack rate
  b. Incidence
  c. Prevalence
  d. Susceptibility


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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A


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Reply #2 on: Jul 8, 2018
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