In a community number of adult Females 3584 and number of a

In a community, number of adult Females = 3584 and number of adult males = 3831. Out of these, 43 females and 17 males are found to have heart disease. What is the proportion of females with heart disease?

Solution

There are 43 females out of 3584 who have heart disease. Thus,

p^ = 43/3584 = 0.011997768 [ANSWER]