In 2019, approximately 500,000 people died in a small country that had a total population of about 5 million people. During that year, the incidence of cancer in this country was 0.25% and the prevalence of heart disease was 3.75%. What was this country's approximate mortality rate for that year?

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The mortality rate is calculated as the number of deaths divided by the total population, then multiplied by 100 to convert it to a percentage. So, $ \frac{500,000}{5,000,000} \times 100 = 10\%$.

In 2019, Approximately 500,000 People Died in a Small Country