Which of the following is best to compare the vital statistics of countries?

Ans. b (Age standardized death rate) (Ref. Park PSM 22nd/, p 54)Age standardized death rate or age adjustment which removes the confounding effect of different age structures and yields a single standardized or adjusted rate by which the mortality experience can be compared directly.Crude Death RateCause-specific Crude Death RateAge-standardized Death RateAge-specific Death Rate: Total number of deaths divided by estimated mid-year population per 1,000.: Number of cause-specific deaths divided by estimated mid-year population per 1,000.: Death rate estimated after age-standardization has been performed.: Total number of deaths divided by mid-year population per 1,000 for specific age