Question: The cause-specific mortality rate for non-communicable diseases in 2011 in a certain county was 6.3 per 1,000 persons. The population of that county was 20,000 in 2011. How many people died of non-communicable diseases in 2011? 126 people, 126 per 1000, 6300 people, Not enough information to tell. Looking for Online Tutoring?