Rates Are Adjusted To

question 34

Multiple Choice

Rates are adjusted to:

• A) minimize the health problems of a community as compared to standard.
• B) remove the bias of dissimilar age group distribution between populations.
• C) determine how well a community compares with acceptable national births, deaths, and disease rate standards.
• D) allow valid comparison between populations with similar age distributions but different race and sex makeup.

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