Nación Mathematics
Can any Spanish speaker explain the mathematics of this La Nación article?
Un total de 257 personas murieron violentamente entre enero y marzo anteriores, de acuerdo con registros de la Cruz Roja.
La mayoría de los fallecimientos ocurrieron durante accidentes de tránsito, especialmente choques (el 34 por ciento).
Este cuerpo de socorro también atendió durante este primer trimestre del presente año 24 asesinatos, casi todos con armas de fuego (el 26 por ciento de los casos).
So we have 257 violent deaths, of which 34% belong to traffic accidents. Then they say we had 24 murders, which accounts to 26% – but 24 is only 9% of 257. They could mean that 26% of people were murdered with firearms, but they said that almost all cases were firearms. Or maybe they actually mean that 34% was the number of collisions resulting in deaths. Then there’s 8 people who drowned, for 3%, leaving 37% of violent deaths unaccounted under miscellany.
Way to give out useless information.