A community health nurse is assessing the crude death rate (CDR) of a given population. Which of the following describes what the CDR measures?
1
The total number of deaths in a year per 1000 people.
2
The number of deaths under one year of age per 1000 live births.
3
The number of deaths during childbirth per 1000 live births.
4
The number of deaths from a specific cause per 100,000 population.