The Estimated Annual Number of Smoking-Attributable Deaths in the United

Multiple Choice

The estimated annual number of smoking-attributable deaths in the United States can be broken down by specific causes, as follows:
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text { Lung cancer } & 128,900 \text { deaths } \\\hline \text { Other cancers } & 35,300 \text { deaths } \\\hline \text { Ischemic heart disease } & 126,000 \text { deaths } \\\hline \text { Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease } & 92,900 \text { deaths } \\\hline \text { Stroke } & 15,900 \text { deaths } \\\hline \text { Other diagnoses } & 44,000 \text { deaths } \\\hline\end{array}$$ Would it be correct to display these data in a pie chart?

A) Yes, because these counts make up all U.S. deaths attributable to smoking in a year
B) No, because we are missing the deaths that are attributable to causes other than smoking
C) No, because the data are quantitative
D) Yes, because the data are categorical and all categorical data can be plotted in a pie chart