1. Calculate the total crude death rate for each state per 1000 and place in the table.

Indiana Alaska

2. What interpretation do you give to these data in your calculations of the percentage of population, ASDR (age-specific death rate), and crude death rate?

3. Why does a difference in the age structure of these two states make it preferable to standardize the rates before making further comparisons?

INDIANA					ALASKA
Age in years	Deaths	Pop	% of pop	Age specific Death rate per 1000	Age in years	Deaths	Pop	% of pop	Age specific Death rate per 1000
<15	1123	1,225,861			<15	154	161,191
15-44	3432	2,617,313			15-44	518	279,918
45-64	8000	1,099,017			45-64	587	94,830
>65	37,404	717,960			>65	1044	25,044
Total	49,959	5,660,151	xxxxx		Total	2303	560,983	xxxxx

Round the percentage of populations to whole numbers; Carry the Age-Specific Death rate per 1000 out to 2 places past the decimal point.

The percent of the population is simply the percentage of the population for each age group. Divide the number of individuals by the total population.