The Rate of Mortality of Children Is Very High in the First

question 48

True/False

The rate of mortality of children is very high in the first weeks of life. It then decreases rapidly until 1 or
2 years of age and then increases slowly into the teen years. In this situation one should construct relative
frequency distributions (per year of age) with narrow class widths during the first year of life so as to
exhibit the quickly changing mortality rate.

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Definitions:

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