When Studying the Death Rates Patterns of a Population, Why

question 13

Multiple Choice

When studying the death rates patterns of a population, why do demographers usually use age specific death rates instead of the crude death rate in their research?

• A) Because death rates vary considerably by age
• B) Because we cannot accurately measure deaths per year.
• C) Because the Center for Disease Control won't release annual death rates in a timely manner.
• D) So that we can standardize death rates and exclude deaths related to acts of violence.
• E) Because the US became much older between the 1960's and 2016.

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