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minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoWhat’s going on with the math here? Percent per 100’000?
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·1 month agoThat’s what you have to use because they have fewer people per capita. It’s basic math.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoBut usually, you have total numbers per 100k and that’s the percents. % is parts of hundred, no matter what.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoYes, there just shouldn’t be a percentage sign. It’s not a percentage. The value is probably around 5 something per 100k.
minus-squareBlueFootedPetey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI was really wondering about that phrasing. So weird.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·1 month agoExactly, the post is meaningless. Unless anyone believes there are fewer than 3000 homeless people in Japan lol.
minus-squarefreddydunningkruger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoThe world is full of people like you, who know NOTHING about a topic yet feel compelled to make false statements about it without doing even the most basic of internet searches to educate themselves lol
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agocan’t even be bothered to do a simple search huh? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_Japan
What’s going on with the math here? Percent per 100’000?
That’s what you have to use because they have fewer people per capita. It’s basic math.
But usually, you have total numbers per 100k and that’s the percents. % is parts of hundred, no matter what.
Yes, there just shouldn’t be a percentage sign. It’s not a percentage. The value is probably around 5 something per 100k.
Whoosh
I was really wondering about that phrasing. So weird.
Exactly, the post is meaningless. Unless anyone believes there are fewer than 3000 homeless people in Japan lol.
The world is full of people like you, who know NOTHING about a topic yet feel compelled to make false statements about it without doing even the most basic of internet searches to educate themselves lol
can’t even be bothered to do a simple search huh?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_Japan