<prompt> Which of the following is a Good index of the Severity of a sho-term, acute disease?Cause-specific death rate5 years survivalCase fatality rateStandardized moality ratio  <response>: Cause specific death rate No. of deaths from a specified cause per 100,000 person years at risk May be adjusted for the age sex composition, or other characteristic of population 5 - years survival rate of patients who are alive after treatment begins or 5 years after diagnosis Index of success in cancer treatment Yardstick for the assessment of standards of therapy Case fatality rate No. of people who die of a disease divided by no. of people who have disease For sho term, acute diseaseconditions Standardized moality ratio observed no. of deaths divided by expected no. of deaths Aka indirect age adjustment 