23. Mortality Statistics Nearly 75% of all deaths in the United States are attributed to just 10 causes, with the top four of these accounting for over 50% of all non-accidental deaths as follows: heart disease (23.4%), cancer (22.5%), respiratory disease (5.6%), and stroke (5.1%).2 A study of the causes of n5308 non-accidental deaths at a local hospital gave the following counts.

Do the data provide sufficient information to indicate that the number of deaths at this hospital differ significantly from the proportions in the population at large?
Test using the p-value approach.

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Heart Respiratory Cause Disease Cancer Disease Stroke Other Deaths 78 81 28 16 105