Health & Medical Question

HLTH 485 ACTIVITY: COMPUTATIONS IN BIOSTATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY TEMPLATE Use the answer sheet at the end of the document to submit your answers to the questions below. 1. Refer to the table below to compute the Age Specific rates. Whites Years Cases < 50 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70+ 3,616 1,913 2,094 2,043 1,788 4,940 Population Blacks Age Specific 7,420,076 830,549 736,737 567,178 400,785 1,210,138 Cases Population 1,415 690 692 577 443 1,026 3,344,874 293,626 244,829 162,834 111,761 266,941 Other Age Specific Cases Population 662 286 293 194 2,066 429 Age Specific 1,586,388 148,548 131,258 89,008 69,068 177,188 2. Describe the extent of the public health problem of female breast cancer according to place. TABLE 4-12 Female Crude Malignant First Primary Breast Cancer Incidence Rates in San Francisco and the Metropolitan Areas of Detroit and Atlanta According to Selected Racial Groups, 2013–2015 3. Consider this data set showing 9 participants’ total cholesterol levels. 185 225 240 196 175 180 194 147 223 a. Compute the sample mean. Page 1 of 3 HLTH 485 b. Compute the sample standard deviation. c. Compute the median. 4. Go to the U.S. Census Bureau’s site on international demographic data. The link is provided in this week’s reading title Website: International Data Base (IDB). Once at this site, click the tab “Select Report” and then choose “Population Pyramid Graph.” Select the year “2020” and “United States.” Then select the “Submit” tab. How does the age distribution compare between Afghanistan and the United States? Answer must be at least 4 complete sentences. Page 2 of 3 HLTH 485 Please Place your answers here. 1. Fill out the table by computing the Age Specific rates. Whites Years Cases Population < 50 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70+ 3,616 1,913 2,094 2,043 1,788 4,940 7,420,076 830,549 736,737 567,178 400,785 1,210,138 Blacks Age Specific Cases Population 1,415 690 692 577 443 1,026 3,344,874 293,626 244,829 162,834 111,761 266,941 Other Age Specific Cases Population 662 286 293 194 2,066 429 Age Specific 1,586,388 148,548 131,258 89,008 69,068 177,188 2. 3. a. b. c. 4. Page 3 of 3