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:

1. Make sure you select per capita stats so that fair comparisons can be made.
2. Take a close look at the 'Notes' right at the bottom of the page - bear theses in mind before you come to any conclusions.
3. Remember too that you'll need to get figures for the GDP per capita of each country too.