TIL that Alabama has by far the highest amount of death row inmates by capita of any US state
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Because it makes the numerator whole numbers for all data for easy comparisons by human minds. Comparing 300 to 5 is easier for people than comparing 30 to 0.5. It's the same reason machinists use inches per minute over inches per second. It's so values are between 1 and 600 and not between 0.0176 and 10. It's easier to reason about whole numbers than decimals.