Question: Meadville and Barton are two small communities in the Northeast. During the 2005 calendar year, the overall mortality rate due to unintentional injury among 15–29 year olds were similar in both communities.

1. First, based on the data provided in the table below, provide the crude mortality rates (per 1,000) due to unintentional injury for Meadville and Barton, respectively. What do these rates indicate? Are they comparable? Show why they are or are not.
   The crude death rate is calculated as the total deaths divided by the total population and multiplied by 1,000. For Meadville, the Crude Death Rate = 62/2200 *1000 = 28.18 per 1000 residents age 15-29. For Barton, the Crude Death Rate = 46/1500 *1000 = 30.67 per 1000 residents ages 15-29. These rates are not comparable as the two communities may have different age distributions. For instance, in Meadville, the death rate among 15 – 19 year-olds was 70 per 1000 residents in this age group, whereas, in Barton, the rate was 20 unintentional injury deaths per 1000 residents in this age group. For this reason, even though the overall crude death rates are relatively close, the age-specific unintentional injury death rates may be quite different.
2. Provide an age-adjusted unintentional injury rate for each community based on the data in the table below. Use the joint population as the standard. Compare and interpret your results.

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