In 2010 there were 82353 deaths from accidents in the US AMo

In 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 poisioning, 5,052 from drowning, and 4,602 from fires.

A. Find the percentage 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

a)

PERCENTAGE FOR :

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS : 32840 / 82353 = 0.3988

FALLS : 11858 / 82353 = 0.1440

POISIONING : 9162 / 82353 = 0.1113

DROWNING : 5052 / 82353 = 0.0613

FIRES : 4602 / 82353 = 0.0559

b)

percent of deaths to other causes = 1 - 0.3988 - 0.1440 - 0.1113 - 0.0613 - 0.0559 = 0.2287

c)

I think you can use a frequency table and do a histogram