The rate adjusted to allow for the age distribution of the population is:: (A) Perinatal mortality rate, (B) Crude mortality rate, (C) Fertility rate, (D) Age standardized mortality rate
Answer is D. Ans. is 'd' ie Age standardized mortality rate (Ref: Park 20/e, p 55 (18/e, p53); Repeat Nov03, Q27)Age standardized mortality rate allows to remove the confounding effect of different age structures, while comparing the death rates of two populations.