Calculations of Crude and Age-Specific Death Rates due to Cancer in Australia and Saudi Arabia in 2012

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Question 1:
Part a)
Crude death rates for Australia
Total Number of Deaths=43,403
Total Population of Australia=23,141,411
Crude Death Rate ( CDR ) = Total Number of Deaths
Total population = 43403
23141411∗100000=187. 5312
Crude death rates for Saudi Arabia
Total Number of Deaths=9,134
Total Population of Australia=29,086,357
Crude Death Rate ( CDR ) = Total Number of Deaths
Total population = 9134
29086357 ∗100000=31.4030
From the computations, we found the crude death rate for Australia in 2012 to be 187.5312
persons per 100,000 while that for Saudi Arabia was 31.4030 persons per 100,000. It can be
observed that the crude death rate in Australia is by far higher than that of Saudi Arabia. Actually
it is almost six times more for Australia as compared to Saudi Arabia.

Part b)
Completed tables
Crude and age-specific death rates due to cancer, Australia
2012
Age group Deaths Total
population
Death rate per 100000
Population
0-14 83 4293707 1.933061571
15-39 618 7986708 7.737856448
40-44 486 1573829 30.88010197
45-49 1017 1574299 64.60018078
50-54 1775 1541187 115.1709689
55-59 2687 1429322 187.9912294
60-64 4090 1304820 313.4531966
65-69 5174 1130258 457.7715884
70-74 5717 871194 656.2258234
75+ 21756 1439087 1511.791851
Total 43403 23144411 187.5312
Crude and age-specific death rates due to cancer, Saudi Arabia 2012
Age group
(years)
Deaths Total
Population
Death rate per 100,000
population
0-14 543 8,134,561 6.6752
15-39 932 13,600,843 6.8525
40-44 426 2,261,777 18.8347
45-49 540 1,709,816 31.5823
50-54 774 1,200,372 64.4800
55-59 1,084 812,708 133.3812
60-64 1,089 505,266 215.5300
65-69 1,102 328,827 335.1306
70-74 880 239,961 366.7263
75+ 1,764 292,226 603.6424
TOTAL 9,134 29,086,357 31.4030

Part c)
The graph is given below;
From the graph it can clearly be seen that there is an increase in the crude death rate as the age
increases and this is true for both the two countries. As can be seen also, there is a sharp increase
in the rate especially when the age goes to 75 years of age.
Part d)
Main features of the graph and the table are;
 Both the two countries present similar trends in terms of the crude death rate as a result of
cancer. However, Crude death rate is much higher in Australia as compared to Saudi
Arabia
 There is very low crude death rate due to cancer for persons aged 0-14 and 15-39. This is
true for both the two countries