Backyard Mechanic
Easy lad. Absolute numbers can be converted into rates. It's an extra step. You need to find the number of people and do a simple long division. You know, the math you learned as a 10 year old.
In fact, I'll bet a simple internet search using the magic word of "rates" will get the math done for you. How's that? I'll do it for you since you might not be that acquainted with inferential statistics or actually here, not even inferential statistics, but simple usage of numbers. Innumeracy, according to Paulos who writes a math column nationally, is epidemic in the USA. Of course, now you'll write back and tell me you do advanced calculus to amuse yourself in traffic jams. If you do, I'm envious. I can't even remember how to do partial differential equations.
Here you go:
TEN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST ANNUAL MOTOR VEHICLE rest RATES, MID-1990s COUNTRY
restS PER 100,000 (1) Portugal 24.9 (2) Greece 23.3 (3) Venezuela 22.3 (4) Russian Federation 22.3 (5) Slovenia 14.3 (6) Cuba 18.3 (7) Poland 18.3 (8) Mauritius 17.8 (9) Columbia 17.4 (10) Hungary 17.0
TEN COUNTRIES WITH THE LOWEST ANNUAL MOTOR VEHICLE rest RATES, MID-1990s COUNTRY restS PER 100,000 (1) Sweden 5.7 (2) Bahamas 6.1 (3) United Kingdom 6.2 (4) Norway 6.6 (5) Netherlands 7.7 (6) Finland 7.9 (7) Trinidad & Tobago 10.3 (8) Canada 10.4 (9) Israel 10.6 (10) Australia 10.6
I'm amazed that Israel has a low rest rate. That's a country under lots of pressure from its neighbors for decades and they drive like maniacs there. But it's interesting. Sweden has 1-5th the rate of Portugal. Must be all those Volvos and the Swedes do a lot of brooding and thinking. I'm making a joke here. There are serious factors involved with Sweden such as a year in jail if you mess with an autombile. Extremely serious penalties in Sweden.
