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What is the correct formula to calculate a crude rate?

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Crude and standardised rates

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What is the correct formula to calculate a crude rate?.

  1. A.(Number of events × Total population) ÷ 1,000
  2. B.(Number of events ÷ Total population) × 1,000
  3. C.(Total population ÷ Number of events) × 1,000
  4. D.(Number of events + Total population) ÷ 1,000

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Birth Data for a Town

Population: 25,000 Number of births in one year: 375

PopulationNumber of births
25,000375
  1. a

    Calculate the crude birth rate per 1,000 people in the town for that year.

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