• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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    29 days ago

    While those are both incredibly high murder rates, I think you don’t really understand what per capita means, either.

    • faythofdragons@slrpnk.net
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      29 days ago

      Yeah, the numbers aren’t supposed to be accurate. The real numbers are going to vary wildly depending on location, and I don’t think you can ballpark it, so I went with obviously fake numbers to express a concept.

      Wdym I don’t understand per capita? America has a murder rate of 5.67 per 100,000 people, is that not how you express per capita?

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        28 days ago

        If the per capita rate is higher in one area than another, than the amount of people is irrelevant. That’s like the entire point of per capita