An insurance company is updating its payouts and cost structure for their insurance policies. Of particular interest to them is the risk analysis for customers currently on heart or blood pressure medication. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov) lists causes of death in the United States during one year as follows.

a) Is it reasonable to conclude that heart or respiratory diseases were the cause of approximately 38% of U.S. deaths during this year?
b) What percent of deaths were from causes not listed here?
c) Create an appropriate display for these data.

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Cause of Death Heart disease Cancer Circulatory diseases and stroke Respiratory diseases Accidents Percent 30.3 23.0 8.4 7.9 4.1