Disparities Can Be Further Disaggregated in Order to Identify Areas

question 32

Multiple Choice

Disparities can be further disaggregated in order to identify areas of need that may be under-addressed. Table 13.4 presents data on death rates per 100,000 by age, race/ethnicity, and sex for 2013. Please refer to Table 13.4 for any questions that contain data from this table. These questions assess your competencies in correctly reading, analyzing and evaluating data on life expectancy disparities.

-The purpose of this chapter is to:

• A) Introduce future health care administrators and others to the steps required to gather and interpret data.
• B) To introduce simple statistical tools that can be used by health care administrators and others.
• C) To recommend that current health disparity frameworks be "retooled" in order to be more effective in addressing health disparities in the United States.
• D) To draw attention to the high death rates of our country's young males.
• E) All of the above
• F) None of the above

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