Question

the public health nurse found a total of 64 deaths from breast cancer for the year 2021 from a population of 34,000. the nurse determined the rate for the population was 188 deaths per 100,000 people. what does this measure represent?

Answer 1

Public health nurses found that a total of 64 out of a population of 34,000 died from breast cancer in 2015. Nurses indicated that the population rate was 188 deaths per 100,000 people. The dose indicated by this measurement is mortality.