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How is Mortality Measured?

Mortality is typically measured using several key indicators:
Crude Death Rate: The total number of deaths per year per 1,000 people in a population.
Age-Specific Death Rate: The number of deaths within a specific age group per year per 1,000 people in that age group.
Infant Mortality Rate: The number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births.
Cause-Specific Mortality Rate: The number of deaths from a specific cause per year per 100,000 people.
Case Fatality Rate: The proportion of individuals diagnosed with a particular disease who die from that disease.

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