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Table gives the number of active medical doctors per 100,000 people in each state. a) Why is the num

Question: Table gives the number of active medical doctors per 100,000 people in each state. a) Why is the number of doctors per 100,000 people a better measure of the availability of health care than a simple count of the number of doctors in a state? b) Make a histogram that displays the distribution of doctors per 100,000 people. Write a brief description of the distribution. Are there any outliers? If so, can you explain them?

Medical Doctors Per 100,000 people by state State Doctors	State Doctors	State Doctors
Alabama 202 Alaska 194 Arizona 196 Arkansas 194 California 252 Colorado 236 Connecticut 360 Delaware 242 Florida 237 Georgia 208 Hawaii 280 Idaho 161 Illinois 265 Indiana 207 Iowa 178 Kansas 210 Kentucky 219	Louisiana 258 Maine 250 Maryland 378 Massachusetts 427 Michigan 230 Minnesota 263 Mississippi 171 Missouri 233 Montana 215 Nebraska 230 Nevada 174 New Hampshire 251 New Jersey 305 New Mexico 222 New York 385 North Carolina 241 North Dakota 228	Ohio 248 Oklahoma 163 Oregon 242 Pennsylvania 291 Rhode Island 341 South Carolina 219 South Dakota 201 Tennessee 250 Texas 204 Utah 200 Vermont 346 Virginia 253 Washington 250 West Virginia 221 Wisconsin 256 Wyoming 176 District of Columbia 683