Question

Suppose that in​ 2008, 859 comma 200 citizens died of a certain disease. Assuming the population of the country is 213 ​million, what was the mortality rate in units of deaths per​ 100,000 people?

Answer 1

First, we have to divide the number of dead citizens by the number of the total population.

859,200/213 million

= 0.00403380281

Then, we multiply the result by 100,000 to obtain the mortality rate.

0.00403380281 x 100,000

= 403.380281.

This means that the mortality rate of citizens killed by this certain disease in 2008 is of 403,38.