In Japan, there were 94,848 deaths attributed to heart disease and the population of Japan is about 128 million. If the United States were able to reduce its number of deaths to be proportional to that of Japan, about how many deaths due to heart disease would be expected? (round the nearest whole number)
94,848/128,000,000 = x/US population
Insert data and solve for x.
To find the expected number of deaths due to heart disease in the United States, we can use proportions.
First, we need to calculate the death rate per capita in Japan:
Death rate in Japan = (Number of deaths due to heart disease in Japan) / (Population of Japan)
Death rate in Japan = 94,848 / 128,000,000 = 0.0007395 (approximately)
Next, we can use this death rate to estimate the number of deaths in the United States. We will multiply the death rate in Japan by the population of the United States.
Expected number of deaths in the United States = Death rate in Japan * Population of the United States
The population of the United States is about 328 million, so we can substitute the values:
Expected number of deaths in the United States = 0.0007395 * 328,000,000
Calculating this expression, we get approximately 242,177 deaths.
Therefore, if the United States were able to reduce its number of deaths to be proportional to that of Japan, we would expect about 242,177 deaths due to heart disease in the United States.