EXERCISE 14.3
Q1. A survey conducted by an organisation for 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. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. |
Reproductive health conditions Neuropsychiatric conditions Injuries Cardiovascular conditions Respiratory conditions Other causes |
31.8 25.4 12.4 4.3 4.1 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 in the cause in (ii) above being the major cause.
Solution:
(i) These data can be represented graphically using bar-graph. By representing cause on x-axis family fatality rate on y-axis.
Q2. The following data on the number of girls (to the nearest ten) per thousand boys in different sections of Indian society is given below
Section | Number of girls per thousand boys |
Scheduled Caste (SC) Scheduled Tribe (ST) Non SC/ST Backward districts Non-backward districts Rural Urban |
940 970 920 950 920 930 910 |
(i) Represent the information above by a bar graph.
(ii) In the classroom discuss what conclusions can be arrived at from the graph.