A Researcher Finds That the Standardized Mortality Rate (SMR) for Epidemiologists

A researcher finds that the standardized mortality rate (SMR) for epidemiologists compared with the general population is 100.What does that mean?

A) The observed number of deaths for epidemiologists is the same as the expected.
B) Epidemiologists have a mortality rate 100 times greater than the general population.
C) Epidemiologists have a mortality rate 100 times lower than the general population.
D) The general population experience a mortality rate increased as compared with epidemiologists.
E) Nothing can be said with this information.