In many poor and not well-organized societies today,
a. statistical accuracy concerning death rates must give way to imprecise estimates
b. a fund of accurate demographic statistics is not available
c. demographic statistics derive from birth, death, and census records
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 2Death rates
a. can only be determined accurately when a society keeps adequate birth and death rates
b. are equivalent to the total number of deaths in a society
c. cannot easily be determined on any basis other than gender
d. by themselves can provide a good picture of the numbers of aged people in a society
e. none of these
Question 3During the year 2007 in the United States, there were
a. more than 2.4 million deaths
b. just over 1.6 million deaths
c. nearly 10 million deaths
d. approximately 5 million deaths
e. 188 million deaths
Question 4The overall, age-adjusted death rate for the United States in 2007
a. reached a record-low historical figure
b. represented a decrease of 2.1 percent from the 2006 rate
c. was 760.2 deaths per 100,000 standard population
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 5Death rates
a. indicate how long a typical person in a society is likely to live
b. are inversely related to the number of deaths that occurred in a specific society
c. reflect the number of people in a specific group who die during a particular time period
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 6During the year 2007, approximately how many males died in the United States?
a. just over 1.2 million
b. approximately 2.4 million
c. 750,000 thousand
d. 13.4 million
e. 6 million
Question 7The vignette near the beginning of Chapter 2 explained that Bryan Lee Curtis wanted to:
a. support smoking cigarettes as a personal choice
b. provide people with information about the dangers of smokeless tobacco use
c. teach people how to die
d. change personal attitudes, behaviors, and values related to smoking cigarettes
e. leave behind a happy legacy for his wife and son
Question 8The crude or unadjusted death rate for males in the United States in 2007
a. was 8.1 per 1,000
b. nearly 50 percent higher than the comparable rate for females
c. reached a new low of 760.2 deaths per 100,000
d. was significantly lower than the comparable rate for females
e. none of these
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