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Which of the following estimating the burden of a disease in the community is

A
Disease specific mortality
B
Proportional mortality rate
C
Maternal mortality rate
D
Child mortality rate
High-Yield Explanation
(Proportional mortality rate) (23 - Park 19th) (25, 54-Park 20th)Proportional mortality rate - The simplest measures of estimating the burden of a disease in the community is proportional mortality rate i.e. - the proportion of all deaths currently attributed to it.* The proportional mortality rate from communicable disease has been suggested as a useful health status indicator* It indicate the magnitude of preventable mortality

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