Mortality rate

Question

 In 2008, 801,650 people died of a certain disease. If the population is 266 million,what is the mortaily rate in units of deaths per 100,000 peopl

Answer 1

for this problem you will set up a ratio. If you have 801650 deaths out of 266 million and you want to know how many deaths there are out of 100000 you have to say    801,650/266,000,000=x/100,000   you solve for x and this will give you the mortality rate per 100,000 people.