AceDetective
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Max, each year in the United States there are currently approximately 31,000 fatal car accidents. One source claims 400 of those deaths are via drowning. That's 1.3% of car accident fatalities via drowning.
Does it make sense for me to say that only 1.3% of fatal car accidents are via drowning, therefore it is quite unlikely this was an accident?
No, that does not make sense. That number on its own doesn't tell us much about the validity of any given theory. You have to compare it to something.
Assuming the cause of death is drowning, which I'm pretty sure is what we're going to find out, what percentage of homicides is via drowning? If that number is less than 1.3%, then the 1.3% number actually makes an accident MORE likely.
Does it make sense for me to say that only 1.3% of fatal car accidents are via drowning, therefore it is quite unlikely this was an accident?
No, that does not make sense. That number on its own doesn't tell us much about the validity of any given theory. You have to compare it to something.
Assuming the cause of death is drowning, which I'm pretty sure is what we're going to find out, what percentage of homicides is via drowning? If that number is less than 1.3%, then the 1.3% number actually makes an accident MORE likely.