Question

In 2017, were an estimated 8,888,543 people living in New Jersey and there was a total of 74,846 deaths of NJ residents reported. Of those deaths, 1,908 were due to diabetes.

a. Calculate the crude mortality rate in NJ in 2017
b. Calculate the cause-specific mortality rate due to diabetes in NJ in 2017
c. What additional variable (piece of information) would I need to calculate the case-fatality percent of diabetes?

Answer 1

The crude mortality rate in NJ in 2017 was 842.99 per 100,000 people. The cause-specific mortality rate due to diabetes in NJ in 2017 was 21.47 per 100,000 people. To calculate the case-fatality percent of diabetes, you would need to know the total number of cases (or incidence) of diabetes.

Step-by-step explanation:

a. To calculate the crude mortality rate in NJ in 2017, divide the total number of deaths by the estimated population and multiply by 100,000. In this case, the crude mortality rate is (74,846 / 8,888,543) * 100,000 = 842.99 per 100,000 people.

b. To calculate the cause-specific mortality rate due to diabetes in NJ in 2017, divide the number of deaths due to diabetes by the estimated population and multiply by 100,000. In this case, the cause-specific mortality rate is (1,908 / 8,888,543) * 100,000 = 21.47 per 100,000 people.

c. To calculate the case-fatality percent of diabetes, you would need to know the total number of cases (or incidence) of diabetes, in addition to the number of deaths due to diabetes. With the given information, you cannot calculate the case-fatality percent of diabetes.

Answer 2

Answer: a. To calculate the crude mortality rate in NJ in 2017, we need to divide the total number of deaths (74,846) by the total population (8,888,543) and then multiply by 1,000 to express the result per 1,000 population.

Crude Mortality Rate = (Total deaths / Total population) x 1,000

Crude Mortality Rate = (74,846 / 8,888,543) x 1,000

Crude Mortality Rate = 8.42 per 1,000 population

b. To calculate the cause-specific mortality rate due to diabetes in NJ in 2017, we need to divide the number of deaths due to diabetes (1,908) by the total population and then multiply by 1,000 to express the result per 1,000 population.

Cause-specific Mortality Rate due to Diabetes = (Deaths due to diabetes / Total population) x 1,000

Cause-specific Mortality Rate due to Diabetes = (1,908 / 8,888,543) x 1,000

Cause-specific Mortality Rate due to Diabetes = 0.21 per 1,000 population

c. To calculate the case-fatality percent of diabetes, we would need to know the number of people diagnosed with diabetes who died during the same time period. Specifically, the case-fatality percent of diabetes would be calculated by dividing the number of people with diabetes who died (numerator) by the total number of people with diabetes (denominator) and then multiplying the result by 100 to express the percentage. Therefore, the additional variable required is the number of people with diabetes in the population.

Step-by-step explanation: