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1. Do a literature search on a topic of interest to you (breast cancer, lung cancer, and obesity are off-limits for this discussion because these are generally discussed at length in many other classes). Identify a primary source paper (no earlier than 2021) from a peer-reviewed journal that uses some of the common indices used in identifying the health status of populations. Briefly describe the study, the hypothesis, how the study was conducted, and which of the following were utilized in the study: abortion rate, birth rate, case fatality rate, cause-specific mortality rate, crude mortality rate, fertility rate, fetal death rate, infant mortality rate, maternal mortality rate, neonatal mortality rate, perinatal mortality rate, postneonatal mortality ratio, total fertility rate, years of potential life lost, years of potential life lost rate, or life expectancy. Then, briefly discuss the appropriateness of the statistics used to test the hypothesis.This paper may not be one that is cited in the text, and must be unique – not something that another student has cited for this assignment. A peer-reviewed primary source is not a review, and can generally be identified as having abstract, introduction, methods, data, and discussion. PubMed is a good source for papers. Please remember to include your citation in correct format (author, title, journal, volume, pages, year) in your discussion. Since there are many papers, each of you is to post your discussion and to respond to each other’s discussion.

2. Reflect on how the current pandemic (or a pandemic of your choice that has occurred in the 21

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century) might affect cause-specific death rates, case fatality rates, and years of potential life lost.

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