U.S. Mortality Rate from Diabetes Mellitus Among White and Black Males, 2002-200
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U.S. Mortality Rate from Diabetes Mellitus Among White and Black Males, 2002-2006
White Males
Black Males
Age
Count
Population
Rate per 100,000
Count
Population
Rate per 100,000
<20
164
162,641,291
0.1
83
33,705,536
0.2
20-29
590
81,937,726
0.7
322
14,478,486
2.2
30-39
2,336
84,095,945
2.8
1,011
13,129,275
7.7
40-49
8,060
92,001,425
8.8
2,542
13,094,742
19.4
50-59
18,274
74,721,834
24.5
5,164
8,927,492
57.8
60-69
28,305
45,863,716
61.7
6,609
4,737,703
139.5
70-79
41,653
30,755,031
135.4
6,936
2,661,141
260.6
80+
44,980
16,327,464
275.5
5,030
1,199,688
419.3
Total
144,362
588,344,432
24.5
27,697
91,934,063
30.1
What is the adjusted mortality rate for black males using the age distribution for white males?Show your calculations in tabular form.Is this the direct or indirect method for age adjustment?
White Males
Black Males
Age
Count
Population
Rate per 100,000
Count
Population
Rate per 100,000
<20
164
162,641,291
0.1
83
33,705,536
0.2
20-29
590
81,937,726
0.7
322
14,478,486
2.2
30-39
2,336
84,095,945
2.8
1,011
13,129,275
7.7
40-49
8,060
92,001,425
8.8
2,542
13,094,742
19.4
50-59
18,274
74,721,834
24.5
5,164
8,927,492
57.8
60-69
28,305
45,863,716
61.7
6,609
4,737,703
139.5
70-79
41,653
30,755,031
135.4
6,936
2,661,141
260.6
80+
44,980
16,327,464
275.5
5,030
1,199,688
419.3
Total
144,362
588,344,432
24.5
27,697
91,934,063
30.1
Explanation / Answer
This link to adjustments of age might help.
Please have a look.
http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/fundepi/PDFs/Lecture7.pdf
Hope this helps.
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