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Using the data given in the table:

1. Compute crude birth rates for 2005 and 2010.

2. Compute crude death rates for 2005 and 2010.

3. Compute cancer mortality rates for 2005 and 2010.

· Answer the following questions:

· Determine whether the infant death rates improved between 2005 and 2010.

· Summarize the conclusions you can draw about the demographic change in the population listed in the table.

· Categorize some potential changes that could have implemented to see these improvements, consult outside sources.

· Conclude whether the efforts to prevent death from heart disease been successful in this population. Explain your answer.

· Explain why is it important to track such information and detail who really benefits.

· Putting the year range aside, based on your readings and the weekly guidance for this assignment, evaluate whether an ACO could be attributed to these changes. Explain your answer.

· Assess whether ACO’s are the best way to manage population health. Explain your answer using two outside scholarly sources.