In looking at statistics over time one must look at percentages. That allows for an apples to apples comparison over different time periods. I think that is all he was saying.
“In looking at statistics over time one must look at percentages. That allows for an apples to apples comparison over different time periods.”
For the record, The highest math I took in college was Discrete Structures, after Calculus IV. That is, if you don’t count Advanced Physics.
We are not examining ratios, relationships or percentages. We are counting the number, the NUMBER, of dead service-members and comparing them from year to year.
What percentage the deceased makeup of the armed forces is not the the topic here. It is the NUMBER of service-people killed in peacetime compared to the NUMBER of service-people killed during wartime.
This is not statistics, it is an examination of public record.