Links between development and mortality
Post date: 22-Jan-2013 08:18:22
Go to: http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
Have a look around the site to gain some familiarity with it. Use the statistics to produce scatter graphs (in Google Docs) to establish whether there is a link between GDP and a selection of the statistics on offer (there are some bizarre ways of dying!)
Here are some ideas:
- Your chances of dying of cholera
- Your chances of dying of exposure to excessive natural heat
- Your chances of dying in an earthquake
- Your chances of dying in a flood
Herewith a demonstration data set in Google Docs: http://goo.gl/AqA1Y
Important:
- Make sure you select per capita stats so that fair comparisons can be made.
- Take a close look at the 'Notes' right at the bottom of the page - bear theses in mind before you come to any conclusions.
- Remember too that you'll need to get figures for the GDP per capita of each country too.