Homework 2: “Mortality analysis”

Please, complete the following exercises and send the homework back to the
teacher before the deadline.
Material:
1. E.Raevschi, Penina O., Obreja G. Measuring population health (available in
SIMU/folder Social medicine/theory). pp. 20-25
2. O.Penina, E.Raevschi. Overview of Demography (available in SIMU/folder Social
medicine/theory). pp. 20-26

Date 04.05.2020 Student’s name Shady Abo Hamad Group M1653

Exercise 1. The mid-year male population at the age of 20-24 is 58,000 persons. During a
year, 120 deaths were registered in this age group, including 80 deaths from injury and
poisoning, 20 deaths from infectious diseases and 20 deaths from other causes of death.
Calculate all possible specific death rates.

 Age specific death rate = 120/58000 ×10000 = 20.689655172

 Cause specific death rate from injury and poisoning = 80/58000 ×10000=
13.793103448
 Cause specific death rate from infectious diseases =20/58000 ×10000 =
3.448275862
 Cause specific death rate from other causes =20/58000 ×10000 = 3.448275862

Exercise 2. The size of female population in the age group of 65 years old and over on
January 1, 2014 is 102300 persons and on January 1, 2015 it is 101,000 persons. In 2014, 800
deaths were registered in this sex and age group, including 500 deaths from diseases of the
circulatory system, 150 deaths from neoplasms, 95 deaths from diseases of the respiratory
system and 55 deaths from other causes of death. Calculate all possible specific death rates.

 Mid year population =101650

 Age specific death rate = 800/101650 ×10000= 78.7014264634
 Gender specific death rate =800/101650 ×10000= 78.7014264634
 Cause specific death rate from diseases of the circulatory system
=500/101650×10000= 49.1883915396
 Cause specific death rate from neoplasms = 150/101650 ×10000=14.7565174619
 Cause specific death rate from diseases of respiratory system= 95/101650
×10000=9.3457943925
 Cause specific death rate from other causes = 55/101650 ×10000= 5.4107230694
Exercise 3. The total size of a mid-year population in 2014 is 650,800 persons, including
357,940 females and 292,860 males. In 2014, 7,200 deaths were registered, including 4,000
deaths in females and 3,200 deaths in males. In this year, 6,500 live-births and 200 still-births
were registered. Among the total of deaths, 80 deaths were registered in the age group under
one year, including 55 deaths during the first 28 days and 20 death during the first week after
birth. Calculate all possible crude, specific and special death rates.

 Crude death rate= 7200/650,800 ×1000= 11.0633

 Specific death rate for group of age under 1 year=80/7200 ×1000=11.1111
 Specific death rate females= 4000/357,940 ×1000=11.17505
 Specific death rate males= 3200/292,860 ×1000=10.9267
 Infant death rate=80/6500 ×1000= 12.3076
 Neonatal mortality rate=55/6500 ×1000=8.4615
 Early Neonatal mortality rate = 20/6500 ×1000=3.0769
 Late Neonatal mortality rate =(55 – 20)/6500 ×1000=5.3846
 Post-neonatal mortality rate=(80 – 55)/6500 ×1000=3.8461
 Stillbirth rate= 200/6700 ×1000=29.8507
 Perinatal mortality rate=220/6700 ×1000=32.8358