Proportional mortality ratio (PMR) studies suffer from which of the following, which means that a higher proportion of deaths from one cause must be counterbalanced by a lower proportion of deaths from another cause?

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The seesaw effect refers to the phenomenon in PMR studies where an increase in the proportion of deaths from one cause must be offset by a decrease in the proportion of deaths from another cause, due to the fixed total number of deaths.

Proportional Mortality Ratio (PMR) Studies Suffer from Which of the Following