Crude Mortality Rates The table below lists numbers of deaths and population sizes for different age groups for Florida and the United States for a recent year.

a. Find the crude mortality rate for Florida and the crude mortality rate for the United States. Although we should not compare crude mortality rates, what does the comparison suggest in this case?

b. Using only the age group of 65 and older, find the mortality rates for Florida and the United States. Compare the results.

c. What percentage of the Florida population is made up of people aged 65 and older? What is the percentage for the United States? What do the results suggest about the crude mortality for Florida compared to the United States?

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0-24 Age 25-64 Florida deaths 3625 39,820 Florida population 5,716,861 9,842,031 65 and older 129,395 3,375,303 U.S. deaths 63,208 619,982 1,832,268 U.S. population 103,542,603 163,960,163 45,296,729