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In a given community with a midyear population estimate of 50,000, there were 21 deaths due to strokes in the year. what is the rate of stroke deaths per 100,000 population?

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In twice the population there would be 42 deaths due to strokes. So that’s 42/100000=0.00042 or 0.042%
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