A Researcher Finds That the Standardized Mortality Rate (SMR) for Epidemiologists

question 1

Multiple Choice

A researcher finds that the standardized mortality rate (SMR) for epidemiologists compared with the general population is 100.What does that mean?

• A) The observed number of deaths for epidemiologists is the same as the expected.
• B) Epidemiologists have a mortality rate 100 times greater than the general population.
• C) Epidemiologists have a mortality rate 100 times lower than the general population.
• D) The general population experience a mortality rate increased as compared with epidemiologists.
• E) Nothing can be said with this information.