Country X has a higher crude death rate than Country Y, although Country X has a much younger population. Why should the two crude death rates not be compared directly?

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Crude death rates are affected by differences in age and sex structure between populations

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Crude death rates cannot be calculated for whole countries

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Crude death rates count only deaths from infectious diseases

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Crude death rates are not based on death certificates

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