Introduction to Epidemiology 6th Edition by Ray M Merrill

Exercise 11

Graph the age-group specific YPLL rates for white and black males. Describe.

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YPLL (Years of potential life cost) can be defined as the scale of evaluating the relative effect of health associated events on a population. It is used to index the misplacement of anticipated years of life, due to untimely death in the population. For age-specific data, it is calculated by the following formula:

Endpoint is a predetermined value, and taken as 65 years. It is regarded as the average life expectancy of the population. Age group midpoint is calculated, by using the following formula: