HK 207 FINAL EXAM | COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
incidence rate formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of new cases/total pop at risk)x100,000
cumulative incidence formula - correct answer ✔✔# of new cases over time period/total pop at risk
during same time period
point prevalence formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of persons ill at a point in time/total # in the group) x
100
crude rate formula - correct answer ✔✔frequency of a disease over a specified period of time/unit size
of population
case fatality rate (CFR %) formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of deaths due to a disease "x"/# of cases of
disease "x") x 100 during a time period
proportional mortality ratio (PMR %) formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of deaths due to a specific cause
during a time period/# of deaths due to all causes during the same time period) x 100
cause-specific rate formula - correct answer ✔✔(mortality of a given disease/population size at midpoint
of time period) x 100,000
age-specific rate formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of deaths among age group from disease/# of persons
in age group during time period) x 100,000
sex-specific rate formula - correct answer ✔✔(frequency of a disease in a sex group/# of persons within
sex group during time period) x 100,000
maternal mortality rate formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of deaths assigned to causes related to
childbirth/# of live births) x 100,00 live births during a year
infant mortality rate (IM) formula (per 1,000 live births) - correct answer ✔✔(# of infant deaths among
infant aged 0-365 days during the year/# of live births during the year) x 1,000 live births
fetal death rate - correct answer ✔✔(# of fetal deaths after 20 weeks or more gestation/# of live births +
# of fetal deaths after 20 weeks or more gestation) x 1,000
late fetal death rate - correct answer ✔✔(# of fetal deaths after 28 weeks or more gestation/# of live
births + # of fetal deaths after 28 weeks or more gestation) x 1,000
crude birth rate formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of live births within a given period/population size at the
middle of that period) x 1,000 population
census - correct answer ✔✔federal
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
incidence rate formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of new cases/total pop at risk)x100,000
cumulative incidence formula - correct answer ✔✔# of new cases over time period/total pop at risk
during same time period
point prevalence formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of persons ill at a point in time/total # in the group) x
100
crude rate formula - correct answer ✔✔frequency of a disease over a specified period of time/unit size
of population
case fatality rate (CFR %) formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of deaths due to a disease "x"/# of cases of
disease "x") x 100 during a time period
proportional mortality ratio (PMR %) formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of deaths due to a specific cause
during a time period/# of deaths due to all causes during the same time period) x 100
cause-specific rate formula - correct answer ✔✔(mortality of a given disease/population size at midpoint
of time period) x 100,000
age-specific rate formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of deaths among age group from disease/# of persons
in age group during time period) x 100,000
sex-specific rate formula - correct answer ✔✔(frequency of a disease in a sex group/# of persons within
sex group during time period) x 100,000
maternal mortality rate formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of deaths assigned to causes related to
childbirth/# of live births) x 100,00 live births during a year
infant mortality rate (IM) formula (per 1,000 live births) - correct answer ✔✔(# of infant deaths among
infant aged 0-365 days during the year/# of live births during the year) x 1,000 live births
fetal death rate - correct answer ✔✔(# of fetal deaths after 20 weeks or more gestation/# of live births +
# of fetal deaths after 20 weeks or more gestation) x 1,000
late fetal death rate - correct answer ✔✔(# of fetal deaths after 28 weeks or more gestation/# of live
births + # of fetal deaths after 28 weeks or more gestation) x 1,000
crude birth rate formula - correct answer ✔✔(# of live births within a given period/population size at the
middle of that period) x 1,000 population
census - correct answer ✔✔federal
