The below tables show the disease-related death rates for a particular hospital.

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The below tables show the disease-related death rates for a particular hospital. Unexplained Viruses Secondary InfectionComplications Medical Young Children331 Adolescents 725 13 76 21 17 Young Adults 5 Middle Aged 60 412 57 343 83 Elderly 124 167 1. What percent of elderly patients died from viral causes? (1 point) 2. What percentage of deaths were young children who died of unexplained causes (1 point) 3. What age group is at most risk for death, overall? (1 point) 4. What is the RR index of voung children to elderlv for dving of unexplained causes? (1

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= Total disease related deaths in hospital :2,742

1)p(elderly people died from virus) : 412//2742 = 15.03%

2) p(young children unexplained cause) : 331/2742 = 12.07%

3) total deaths in young children is 1243 which is highest among all the age groups so death of young children’s is 45.33%

4) RR : young children unexplained cause / elderly unexplained cause

=331/124 = 2.6694

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