A nurse is working with a student nurse and explains that 12% of deaths were from colorectal cancer in 2010. What word is used to describe this type of statistical information?
A) Crude mortality
B) Relative risk
C) Prevalence
D) Proportional mortality

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Proportional mortality is a statistic that indicates the proportion of deaths attributable to a specific cause in relation to all deaths within a given population or time period. In this scenario, the nurse is discussing the proportion of deaths from colorectal cancer in 2010, which is an example of proportional mortality.

A Nurse Is Working with a Student Nurse and Explains