Question

Converting raw numbers to rates:There were 2,777,000 births in a certain country in 1900 and 3,946,000 in 2016. Determine the birth rates (in birth per 1,000 population) for these two years. The country's population in 1900 was 87 million and in 2016 was 327 million. (round your answer to one decimal place)?

Answer 1

We have

2,777,000 births, 87 milllion population in 1900

3,946,000 births, 327 million population in 2016

In 1990

The birth rate per 1000 population is

`(2,777,000)/(87,000,000)*1000=31.92\approx31.9`

In 2006

The birth rate per 1000 population is

`(3,946,000)/(327,000,000)*1000=12.07\approx12.1`