If you lived in a typical city of 500,000, how many people would you expect to die due to a stroke in a year?

Causes of Death. For Exercises, use Table 6.7, and assume a U.S. population of 325 million.

Table 6.7

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TABLE 6.7 Leading Causes of Death In the United States Cause Number of deaths Cause Heart disease 611,105 Alzheimer's disease Cancer 584,881 Diabetes Chronic respiratory diseases 149,205 Pneumonia/influenza Accidents 130,557 Kidney disease Stroke 128,978 Suicide Number of deaths 84,767 75,578 56,979 47,112 41,149