Ebola incidence rate
If you were going to compare the Ebola incidence rate in Sudan in 1976 to that of Liberia in 2014, which rate would be better to use (crude or adjusted) and why?
In 2013 one year in one state, there were:
272 deaths among 0-24-year-olds
612 deaths among 25-54-year-olds
5,204 deaths among those aged 55 years and older
On July 1st of that year, there were:
34,000 people aged 0-24 years old
834,000 people aged 25-54 years old
74,000 people aged 55 years and older
The relevant US Standard population was
97,039,882 people aged 0-24 years old
118,922,774 people aged 25-54 years old
58,670,986 people aged 55 years and older
