Statistics
Exercise 14.3
Question 1:
A survey conducted by an organisation far the cause of illness and death among the women between the ages 15 - 44 (in years) worldwide, found the following figures(in %):
S.no. | Causes | Female fatality rate(%) |
---|---|---|
1 | Reproductive health conditions | 31.8 |
2 | Neuropsychiatric conditions | 25.4 |
3 | Injuries | 12.4 |
4 | Cardivasculor conditions | 4.3 |
5 | Respiratory conditions | 4.1 |
6 | Other Causes | 22.0 |
(i) Represent the information given above graphically.
(ii)Which condition is the major cause of women's ill health and death worldwide?
(iii) Try to find out, with the help of your teacher, any two factors which play a major
role ill the cause in (ii) above being the major causes.
Answer:
(i) By representing causes on x-axis and family fatality rate on y-axis and choosing
an appropriate scale (1 unit 5% far y axis), the graph of the information given above can be constructed as follows:
In the graph, the rectangle bars are of the same width and have equal spacing among them.
(ii) As shown, Reproductive health condition is the major cause of women's ill health and death worldwide.
(iii) The factors are as follows.
1. Lack of medical facilities
2. Lack of awareness of right medical treatment
Question 2:
The following data on the number of girls (to the nearest ten) per thousand boys in
different sections of Indian society is given below.