A 41 year old man with long standing intravenous drug use dies of infective endocarditis. In the same city, an 84 year old woman dies of heart failure. Public health officials emphasize the first death when quantifying premature mortality before age 75. Which measure most directly captures the greater societal impact of the younger patient's death?
- A)Case fatality rate
- B)Incidence rate
- C)Standardized mortality ratio
- D)Crude mortality rate
- E)Years of potential life lostGABARITO
Explicação
Years of potential life lost places greater weight on deaths that occur at younger ages by counting the years lost before a reference age such as 75. A death at age 41 contributes far more to this measure than a death at age 84. It is therefore useful for quan... Ver explicação completa e trilha adaptativa →