The 2017 population of California was 39536653 and of Arizona was 7016270. Compute and compare the rate of pedestrian fatalities per 100,000 residents.

The pedestrian fatality rate for California per 100,000 residents would be;

= (858/39,536,653) * 100,000

= 2.17 people per 100,000

In Arizona that figure is;

= (216/7,016,270) * 100,000

= 3.08 people per 100,000

This shows that even though California has a higher number of pedestrian fatalities in absolute terms, when this figure is made relative to population, Arizona has more pedestrian fatalities.

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