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crobinson2013 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

How is the proportionate mortality rate calculated?

A) (Number of deaths due to a specific cause/Total number of deaths from all cases) 100
B) (Number of deaths of infants aged < 1 year during time interval/Total live births during time interval) 1,000
C) (Number of deaths from puerperal cases during 1 year/Number of live births during same year) 100,000
D) (Number of live births during a time interval/Estimated midinterval population) 1,000

Question 2

How does the web of causation view a health condition?

A) The result of individual factors
B) As an indirect cause of a condition
C) Interrelated variables are rarely involved in the cause of a particular outcome.
D) Complex interrelationships of numerous factors interacting to increase or decrease the risk of disease

shaikhs · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Proportionate mortality rate is calculated as (Number of deaths due to a specific cause/Total number of deaths from all cases) 100. Infant mortality rate is calculated as (Number of deaths of infants aged < 1 year during time interval/Total live births during time interval) 1,000. Maternal mortality rate is calculated as (Number of deaths from puerperal cases during 1 year/Number of live births during same year) 100,000. Crude birth rate is calculated as (Number of live births during a time interval/Estimated midinterval population) 1,000.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
The web of causation views a health condition as the result not of individual factors but of complex interrelationships of numerous factors interacting to increase or decrease the risk of disease. The web identifies a disease as a direct, not indirect, result of a condition and almost always as a result of interrelated variables.