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Download Solution PDFThe formula for calculating the crude death rate is
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RRB Staff Nurse Previous Year Paper [Held on 20 July 2019 (Shift II)]
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Option 2 : No of deaths during the year/mid-year population x 1000
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Download Solution PDFExplanation:
- Crude Death Rate: indicates the number of death per 1000 mid-year population.
- CDR is calculated as:
- CDR = D x K divided by P
- D=total number of deaths registered during the calendar year
- P= total mid-year estimated population or the total population of the middle of the year
- K=a constant usually taken as1,000
Key Points
- Natural population growth happens because of the following
- Birth Rate
- Death Rate
- The natural increase in birth rate and death rate causes natural population growth.
- Basic components of population change-
- The fertility rate in women
- Mortality
- Migration
- Natural increase is the difference between the no. of births and deaths in the population.
- Crude Birth Rate - It is the total number of live births per 1,000 population divided by the length of the period in years.
- current rate - 18.2births/1000
- Crude Death Rate - the ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area or during a particular period of time, usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year.
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