Mortality rates are key epidemiologic indicators to nurses. They reflect serious health problems and changing patterns of disease. Which of the following is true about mortality rates? Mortality rates
1. Are informative only for fatal diseases
2. Provide information about existing disease in the population
3. Are calculated using a population estimate at year-end
4. Reveal the risk of getting a particular disease
ANS: 1
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