Mortality Rates Can Be Adjusted for Age, ______, Race, and Other

question 27

Short Answer

Mortality rates can be adjusted for age, ______, race, and other characteristics of the population to make the rates comparable across these factors.

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Definitions:

Fight-or-Flight Response

An acute stress response involving physiological changes that prepare the body to either confront or flee from a threat.

Uterus

A major female reproductive organ where the development of the embryo and fetus occurs during pregnancy.

Ovary

The female reproductive organ in flowers and certain animals, including humans, where eggs or ovules are produced.

Embryo

(1) A young organism before it emerges from the egg, seed, or body of its mother. (2) Developing human until the end of the second month, after which it is referred to as a fetus. (3) In plants, the young sporophyte produced following fertilization and subsequent development of the zygote.