HLTH7025 - Healthcare Data for Decision-Making Assignment

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Questions

1. From a cross-sectional life table of age-specific death rates provided, please answer the following questions below:

 

 Age group   

 

Interval   

 

Death   

 

Population   

0-4

 

24

14524

5-9

 

1

17816

10-14

 

3

24172

15-19

 

15

20848

20-24

 

20

10884

25-29

 

11

7212

30-34

 

11

9136

35-39

 

8

12868

40-44

 

20

14132

45-49

 

22

10128

50-54

 

30

6784

55-59

 

37

5740

60-64

 

57

4048

65-69

 

65

2772

70-74

 

107

2100

75-79

 

74

1136

80-84

 

69

440

85-89

 

41

168

90+

1

17

44

  • Calculate the following column heading: interval, Death rate.
  • To what age would you expect a person to live (on average) once he/she attained the age of 5 years? 

2. The outpatient of a large hospital in India followed up on melanoma patients for 11 years. The data is summarised in two tables below, differentiating patients according to treatment status (With and without chemotherapy) and providing the necessary information to calculate survivor function.

Table

1. Patient with chemotherapy

Years

 

Number at Risk

 

 

Death

 

 

Censored

1

206

0

5

2

 

8

7

3

 

7

6

4

 

2

5

5

 

4

17

6

 

3

5

7

 

0

6

8

 

0

7

9

 

1

7

10

 

0

5

11

 

0

8

2. Patient without chemotherapy

 

Years

 

Number at Risk

 

 

Death

 

 

Censored

1

394

2

30

2

 

6

42

3

 

12

46

4

 

2

42

5

 

6

58

6

 

0

22

7

 

6

10

8

 

2

32

9

 

0

18

10

 

0

22

11

 

2

34

 

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