AN EXAMINATION OF MORTALITY RATES OF MISSOULA COUNTY AS COMPARED TO STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS

Author

Daniel John Yochim, The University of MontanaFollow

Year of Award

2009

Document Type

Professional Paper - Campus Access Only

Degree Type

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Name

Geography (Community and Environmental Planning Option)

Department or School/College

Department of Geography

Committee Chair

Sarah Halvorson

Commitee Members

Jeffrey Gritzner, Kay Unger

Keywords

Age-Adjusted Mortality, Missoula County, Mortality

Abstract

The rationale and implications of current methodologies for assessing mortality rates among spatially diverse human populations has importance to the field of Health Geography. By comparing the death rates of Missoula County Montana, the State of Montana, and the United States by using crude and age-adjusted mortality data an effort is made to detect whether there is significant variance within comparable datasets, and whether the time-series plots follow comparative linear regression trend lines.

Recommended Citation

Yochim, Daniel John, "AN EXAMINATION OF MORTALITY RATES OF MISSOULA COUNTY AS COMPARED TO STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS" (2009). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 131.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/131