You are asked to assess the state of health of a population after an outbreak of Escherichia coli that occurred in January 2014

You are asked to assess the state of health of a population after an outbreak of Escherichia coli that occurred in January 2014. Your community midyear population in 2014 was 90,150. You have obtained some statistics 1 year after the outbreak, and your hospital administrator would like you to assess the impact of the outbreak on the community. You are asked to look at illnesses due to E. coli, which have peaked since the disaster. You determined there were 2,905 total deaths in your community in 2014. This includes 128 deaths from E. coli; 274 people were sick with E. coli during 2014. Use this information to answer the following questions.

• What was the cause-specific mortality rate per 100,000 for E. coli in 2014?

• What was the case-fatality rate for E. coli in 2014?

• What is the crude mortality rate per 100,000 in this community?

• What was the proportionate mortality rate for E. coli in 2014?