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Read the following two statements carefully and choose the correct option:

Statement 1: Death rates and birth rates are always reported as absolute numbers.

Statement 2: These rates are based on the total number of events, not relative to population size.

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Neither 1 nor 2 is correct

Neither 1 nor 2 is correct is correct.

Statement 1 is incorrect. Birth rate and death rate are not reported as absolute numbers; they are expressed as rates, usually per 1,000 people per year (crude birth rate and crude death rate).

Statement 2 is incorrect. These rates are relative to population size: crude birth rate = (number of live births in a year ÷ mid-year population) × 1,000, and crude death rate is calculated the same way with deaths. Expressing them per 1,000 allows comparison between countries and regions of different population sizes.

As both statements are false, neither 1 nor 2 is correct.

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