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Question 35 1 pts Suppose that you use indirect age adjustment comparing the U.S. to Canada using mortality rates in the United Kingdom as the standard. You get 24,000,000 expected deaths in the United States and 2,720,000 expected deaths in Canada. Actual death rates are 22,000,000 for the U.S. and 3,000,000 for Canada. What is the Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR) for Canada? 90.6 110.3 O 88.2 73.3 91.7 Question 36 1 pts Suppose that you use indirect age adjustment comparing the U.S. to Canada using mortality rates in the United Kingdom as the standard You get 24.000.000 expected deaths in the United States and 2.720.000 expected deaths in Canada. Actual death rates are 22.000.000 for the U.S. and 3,000,000 for Canada. How would you interpret the SMR from Canada versus the SMR from the United States? Canada has "better" mortality rates than both the U.S and the UK O Canada has "better mortality rates than the US but worse' than the U.K Canads has 'worse mortality rates than both the U.S and the UK Canada hos worse mortality rates than the US but 'better than the U.K You cannot interpret the SMR with regards to overall mortality experience" in t the three different countries

Answer 1

Standardized moratlity rate for Canada = (Observed deaths/Expected deaths)*100

= (3,000,000/2,720,000)*100 = 110.3