“ Calculate the rates specified below (a to c), using the following information about the black population of the United States in 2000 (numbers were modified to simplify calculations) “( be careful...

“Calculate the rates specified below (a to c), using the following information about the black population of the United States in 2000 (numbers were modified to simplify calculations) “( be careful to use the correct denominator)

• Average population size 28 million, including 7.2 million women aged 15-44.


• There were 13 million men in this population.


• Live births: 600,000


• Fetal deaths: 4380


• Death in the first week of life: 6120


• Death in the first 28 days of life (excluded first week): 960


• Death in the first year of life (excluding in the first 28 days): 3900


• Total deaths in the population: 230,000


• Deaths from heart diseases: 75,000, of those 45,000 occurred among men aged 35 years and above

What is the fetal mortality rate?

What is post-neonatal mortality rate?

What is the sex -specific mortality rate from heart disease