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suppose that in 2008, 797,100 citizens died of a certain diseade. Assuming the population of hte country is 353 million, what was the mortality rae in units of deaths per 100,000 people?

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797,100 deaths x

---------------------------------- = -------------------------

350,000,000 people 100,000 people


or:


797,100 deaths x

--------------------------- = -----------------

3500 people 1 people


Result: 228 deaths per 100,000 people

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