Question

Country Heart Disease Deaths Population Per Capita Deaths Per 100,000 deaths United States 598,000 308 million 0.001942 194 Japan 94,850 128 million 0.00074 7.4 France 61,700 64.3 million 0.000960 96 See the above table. If the heart disease deaths in the United States were proportional to that of France, how many deaths would the U.S. expect

Answer 1

To find out how many deaths the United States would expect if its heart disease deaths were proportional to France, we can set up a proportion using the population and per capita deaths for both countries. Calculating the proportion yields an answer of approximately 124,105 deaths.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many deaths the United States would expect if its heart disease deaths were proportional to that of France, we can set up a proportion using the population and per capita deaths for both countries. The proportion would be:

United States deaths / United States population = France deaths / France population

Plugging in the values from the table:

598,000 / 308 million = x / 64.3 million

Cross-multiplying and solving for x:

x = (598,000 * 64.3 million) / 308 million

Calculating the above expression gives us x = 124,105.1948 deaths. Since we can't have fractional deaths, we can round this to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the United States would expect approximately 124,105 deaths if its heart disease deaths were proportional to that of France.

The correct option for the asked question is approximately 124,105.