True regarding mortality rate:

A. Little important information about changing pattern of disease

B. Usually standardization for age and sex

C. Crude death rate includes only deaths from death certificate data

D. Standardization mortality ratio is the unexpected number of death divided by observed number of deaths in a specific group

Correct Answer: Little important information about changing pattern of disease

Description: (Refer: K. Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social medicine, 24th edition, pg no: 63 Standardized mortality ratio Standardized mortality ratio is the ratio of observed deaths by expected number of deaths Standardization is usually done for age > sex in order to compare death rates between the countries Crude death rates are estimated by SRS in India. NFHS have also given data. Only deaths from death certificate data are not the only source.

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