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by JackMorgan 1076 days ago
Divide the number of fatalities (36,096) by the population (331,000,000) and multiply by 100:

(36,096 / 331,000,000) * 100 ≈ 0.0109%

It's easy to mixed up with the percentage conversion. Still it's really high all things considered.