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A pie chart is a good graphical example of ___.
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a proportion
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A type of death rate that does not account for differences in age, sex, or other variables is called?
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crude death rate
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What are the 3 types of rates?
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crude rates, adjusted rates, specific rates
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___ is one of the major health status indicators of a population.
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maternal mortality
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___ is the measure of an event, condition, injury, disability, or death with a unit of a population, and within a time period.
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rate
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___ rates and ___ rates are true rates.
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birth, death
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The relation between the amount, number, size or degree of one thing and the amount, number, size or degree of another.
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proportion
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The important difference between a ratio and a proportion is that the numerator of a ___ is included in the population defined by the denominator.
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proportion
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___ are comparisons of similar things.
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proportions
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All deaths have to be certified by a ___ or ___.
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physician; coroner
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___ mortality is significant as a health status indicator, as it reflects the health status of the mother and the child throughout the pregnancy and birth process.
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infant
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___ mortality is the rate of deaths in newborn children less than 1 year old.
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infant
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