Last year the number of death increased by 2%-5% ______ the year before last

A.comparing to

B.comparing with

C.to compare with

D.compared with

答案及解析： D

解析：

考查非谓语动词。Compare和逻辑主语the number of death之间是动宾关系，所以要用过去分词表被动，选D。