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@ET ‘OCCUPATIONAL ENGLISH TEST Reading sub-test Part A — Text booklet September 2015 | You must record your answers for Part A in the Part A - Answer booklet using pen or pencil. Please print In BLOCK LETTERS. Candidate number = - Familyname = oe —— — ther name(s) oy Date of test Candidate's signature — —___ —— YOU MUST NOT REMOVE OET MATERIAL FROM THE TEST ROOM ‘The OFT Centro (GPO Box 372 Telephone: +613 8658 4000 Maleourne ic 2001 Facsimil: 4613 8658 4020 Austalia ‘[Link] (© canbrige Ort Langage Asosnrart—Septoribor 2016 AN 1 968560 414 a 7 Reading: Part A — Text booklet Instructions ‘TIME LIMIT: 16 MINUTES. + Complete the summary on pages 1 and 2 of Part A - Answer booklet using the information in the four texts (A1-A4) below. + You do not need to read each text from beginning to end to complete the task. You should scan the texts to find the information you need. + Gaps may require 1, 2 or 3 words. Answer ALL questions. Marks are NOT deducted for incorrect answers. + You should write your answers next to the appropriate number in the right-hand column, + Please use correct spelling in your responses. Do not use abbreviations unless they appear in the texts. Mortality rates: Texts Text At WHY COUNTING THE DEAD MATTERS Measuring how many people die each year and why they have died Is one of the most important methods ~ along with gauging hgw various diseases and injuries are affecting the lving —of assessing the effectiveness of a country’s health system. Having those numbers helps health authorities determine whether they are focussing on the right kinds of public health actions. country where deaths from heart disease and diabetes rapidly rise over a period of afew years, for example, has a strong interest in starting a vigorous programme to encourage lifestyles that wil help prevent these ilinesses. Similarly, if country recognises that many children are dying of malaria, but only a small portion of the health budget is dedicated to providing effective treatment, an adjustment can be made. Industrialised countries have systems in place for assessing causes of death in the population. Most developing countries do not have such systems, and the numbers of deaths from specific causes have to be estimated from incomplete data It is widely acknowledged that progress in this realm is crucial for improving health and reducing preventable deaths in the developing worl. + Mortality is the number of deaths for a given area during o given period. Infant mortality is the mortality of live-bora children aged less than one year. + Mortality rate or death rate is the mortality expressed as a proportion of the population. + Crude mortality rate or Crude death rate is defined as the number of deaths per 1,000 of the population. + Infant mortality rate is defined as the number of deaths per 1,000 live-born children aged less than one year. 1 Texts continue on the next page What are the main differences between rich and poor countries with respect to causes of | death? In high-income countries more than two-thirds of all people live beyond the age of 70 and die of chronic diseases: cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive lung disease, cancers, diabetes or dementia. Lung infection remains the only leading infectious cause of death, In middle-income countries, nearly half of all people Tive to the age of 70 and chronic diseases are the major killers, just as they are in high-income countries. Unlike in high-income countries, however, HIV/AIDS, complications of pregnancy and childbirth and road traffic accidents also are leading causes of death. In low-income countries less than a quarter of all people reach the age of 70, and nearly a third of all deaths are among children under 14, Although cardiovascular diseases together represent the leading cause of death in these countries, infectious diseases (above all HIV/AIDS, lung infections, tuberculosis, diarrhoeal diseases and malaria) together claim more lives. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth together continue to be a leading cause of death, claiming the lives of both infants and mothers. CAS Mortality rates — recent Australian statistics Despite the ageing of the population over the last few decades, death rates have declined overall. In 1989 the crude death rate was 7.4 deaths per 1,000 population, decreasing to 6.4 in 2009. Given the ageing of ‘Australia's population, the overall decline in the crude death rate indicates a considerable decline in age- specific death rates over the period. The standardised death rate (SDR), which takes into account the effect of changes in the age structure of Australia's population aver time, has also decreased over the past 20 years, In 1989, the SDR was 9.1 deaths per 1,000 standard population, decreasing to §.7 in 2009 (an overall decrease of 37%). Standardised death rates are calculated using the 2001 total population of Australia as the standard population, ‘While male mortality rates remain higher than female mortality rates, the difference has narrowed in the past 20 years, In 1989, the SDR for males was 4.5 deaths higher than the female SDR, while in 2009 the male ‘SDR was 2.2 deaths higher than the female rate, END OF PART A ‘THIS TEXT BOOKLET WILL BE COLLECTED a ET FOR OFFICE USE ONLY SH ASSESSOR NO. OCCUPATIONAL ENGLISH TEST ASSESSOR NO. Reading sub-test Part A — Answer booklet September 2015 | You must record your answers for Part A in the Part A - Answer booklet using pen or pencil. Please print in BLOCK LETTERS Candidate number - 5 Family name ee ther name(s) Cy yy eee Candidate's signature YOU MUST NOT REMOVE OET MATERIAL FROM THE TEST ROOM ‘The OET Centre GPO Box 372 ‘Totpphone: +613 8686 4000 Malzoure Vic 3001 Facsimile: +613.8656 4020 Austin ‘wwroccupationalengiishitestorg (© camtcge Bani Language Assessment -Seperior 2015 ABN 1 088560.214 Reading: Part A -— Answer booklet Instructions ‘TIME LIMIT: 15 MINUTES, '* Complete the following summary using the information in the four texts, A1-A4, provided on pages 1 and 2 of the Text booklet. ‘+ You do not need to read each text from beginning to end to complete the task. You should scan the texts to find the Information you need. ‘+ Gaps may require 1, 2 or 3 words. You will not receive any marks if you write more than 3 words. ‘= You should write your answers next to the appropriate number in the right-hand column. ‘+ Please use correct spelling in your responses. Do not use abbreviations unless they appear in the texts. Summary = | Answers Martore Mortality rates ‘The texts define ‘mortality’ as the number of ¥ deaths in a partjcular (1). and place. Infant mortality relates only to 2... children who die before the age of .¢g),... The crude death rate |g, 1 is how many deaths there are in 4... members . of a population. This is different from the is)... | 4, often abbreviated to SOR, which is a measure designed to account for changes in a population’ , It is essential to know how many people die, and for what (7)... Because this is a way of determining whether the health system of 7. a country is __@),.. These data allow health a 1 authorities to assess whether the (9). of 8. their (10). actions is correct. Knowing such ~ information may allow those responsible to °. Girect more (11)... FeSoUrCes to the provision of treatment for a particular disease or to initiate | 49 i preventative measures promoting (12). changes in the population, i [Continued on next page] eee 12, ‘Summary Answers While. (13... Senerally have systems to collect data about 14... Inthe population, this is not the case elsewhere; the 16... data available in these other contexts permit only (16)... 80 be made. What the common causes of death are in a country depends on its income level. Two in three people live to be older than (47... In high income countries, and 1g... are the main cause ‘of death. n low-income countries, various 19) diseases are much more prevalent than in high- income countries, as are deaths due to problems in. ¢20...: 0N8 in three of the population of these ‘countries dies before the age of 21... Bying in a road accident is noted as common in 2) countries. In Australia, 29. are dectining even though, 228 a whole, the population continues to. (24), This signals that the . cag, daath rates are going (26)... 8 great deal. The SOR remains 27, {or Australian women than for Australian men; this

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