n 2010 there were 82353 deaths from accidents in the US Amon

n 2010, there were 82,353 deaths from accidents in the US. Among these were 32,840 deaths from motor vehicle accidents, 11,858 from falls, 9,162 from poisoning, 5,052 from drowning, and 4,602 from fires.
a. Find the percent of accidental deaths from each of the causes.
b. What percent of deaths were due to other causes?

c. What would be the ideal type of chart to represent the information above?

Solution

there were 82,353 deaths from accidents in the US.

Among these were 1)32,840 deaths from motor vehicle accidents,

                              2)11,858 from falls,

                              3)9,162 from poisoning,

                              4)5,052 from drowning,

                               5)4,602 from fires.

                      deaths were due to other causes:82353-(32,840+11,858+9162+5,052+4602)

                                                                          =82,353-63514 =18838

a.The percent of accidental deaths from motor vehicle:(32840/82353)*100=39.87

         percent of accidental deaths from falls:(11858/82353)*100=14.39

         percent of accidental deaths from poisoning:(9162/82353)*100=11.12

          percent of accidental deaths from downing:(5052/82353)*100= 6.13

          percent of accidental deaths from fire:(4602/82353)*100=5.58

b. What percent of deaths were due to other causes=(18838/82353*100=22.87

c. What would be the ideal type of chart to represent the information above?