Question

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists causes of death in the United States during 2014:

Cause of Death	Percent, %
Heart Disease	23.4
Cancer	22.6
Lung Disease	5.6
Accidents	5.2
Circulatory Disease & stroke	5.1

a) Is it reasonable to conclude that heart or lung diseases were the cause of approximately
29.04% of U.S. deaths in 2014? Show/explain how you got your answer.

b) What percentage of deaths were from causes not listed here? Show/explain how you got
your answer.

c) Create the most appropriate display for this data and state what type of display you used
and why.

Answer 1

Here according to the table above , the percentage of death due to heart disease is 23.4 % and due to lung disease is 5.6 %. So, total percentage of death for both disease is 29 % so it is reasonable to conclude that in 2014 heart and lung disease were the cause of approximately 29.04 %

b) 100 - (5.1 + 5.2 + 5.6 + 22.6 + 23.4) = 100 - 61.9 = 38.1 % death causes are not listed in the following table.

c) For this data pie diagram is the most suitable diagram because it shows percentages of different cause of death.