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16.   During the Second World War, about 375,000 civilians died in the United States and about 408,000 members of the United States armed forces died overseas. On the basis of those figures, it can be concluded that it was not much more dangerous to be overseas in the armed forces during the Second World War than it was to stay at home as a civilian.

Which of the following would reveal most clearly the absurdity of the conclusion drawn above?

(A) Counting deaths among members of the armed forces who served in the United States in addition to deaths among members of the armed forces serving overseas

(B) Expressing the difference between the numbers of deaths among civilians and members of the armed forces as a percentage of the total number of deaths

(C) Separating deaths caused by accidents during service in the armed forces from deaths caused by combat injuries

(D) Comparing death rates per thousand members of each group rather than comparing total numbers of deaths（D）

(E) Comparing deaths caused by accidents in the United States to deaths caused by combat in the armed forces

这道题我知道它的错误就是指出的是绝对的数字而不是比率。但是这个D是什么意思，我怎么没转过弯来？烦请NN指教，不胜感激。

我的用词有点不准确，但意思应该是：

因为两者的基数不一样，所以应该比较两者每千人中的死亡率，而不是死亡的总人数。

B答案肯定不对，因为还是与同一个基数比，只不过基数变成了死亡人员的总数