Question

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?

Answer 1

797,100 deaths x

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350,000,000 people 100,000 people

or:

797,100 deaths x

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3500 people 1 people

Result: 228 deaths per 100,000 people