Question

Suppose that in​ 2008, 945, 350 citizens died of a certain disease. Assuming the population of the country is 332 ​million, what was the mortality rate in units of deaths per​ 100,000 people?

Answer 1

The mortality rate is 284.744 per​ 100,000 people

Explanation:

we are given

total number of citizens died=945,350

total population =332 million

unit rate =100000

now, we can use formula

mortality rate = [( Number of citizens died)/(total population)]*(unit rate)

so, we can plug values

and we get

Mortality rate is

`=(945350)/(332* 10^6) * 100000`

`=284.743`

So, the mortality rate is 284.744 per​ 100,000 people

Answer 2

The mortality rate is 285 units of death per 100,000 people

Explanation:

945,350 people died out of 332,000,000 people. So the percentage of people who died is:

`(945,350)/(332,000,000)=0.00285*100=0.285`% is the rate of mortality

Now, in terms of 100,000 people, we need to multiply this mortality rate (0.285%) with 100,000:

`(0.285)(100,000)=285`

Hence, the mortality rate is 285 units of death per 100,000 people