| Title |
Statistics |
| Content
Area |
Math |
| Grade
Level |
9-12 |
| Objective |
Students
will use information to compare the occurrence of diabetes deaths
at the levels of county, state and nation. The student will then apply
data to create tables, charts, or graphs using either (rate per 100,000)
numbers or percentages. Further practice will be to create tables
comparing ethnic groups, gender, and ages.
|
| TEKS |
1A,
1B |
| Materials
Needed: |
Diabetes
Statistics transparencies
Questions on Diabetes Worksheet
|
| Time
Involved |
30
to 60 minutes |
| Guided
Practice |
Review
of overhead transparencies on Diabetes Statistics.
Reading charts to answer questions
|
| Independent
Practice |
Preparing
a graph illustrating 1996 diabetes deaths in the county, state, and
nation.
|
| Assessment |
Answer
Key
|
Questions
on Diabetes
1. What is diabetes?
2. Why does it cause death?
3. Are there a lot of people with diabetes?______________ How many? _____________
4. The map
shows a range of rates. The rates reflect the number of deaths due to
diabetes in every 100,000 people. Which rate category on the map's legend
is Texas in?________________
5. What is
the specific rate of deaths due to diabetes per 100,000 people in Texas?__________
Which chart did you find that information on?
6. What is
the specific rate of deaths due to diabetes per 100,000 people in the
United States? _____________
Which chart did you find that information on?
7. What is
the specific rate of deaths due to diabetes per 1000,000 people in Guadalupe
county?_______________
Which chart did you find that information on?
8. Make a
bar graph below to represent the rates of the county, state, and nation.
9. How would you convert the rate per thousand numbers to percentages?
7. Is the
specific rate of deaths due to diabetes per 100,000 people different for
different ethnic groups? __________
What is
the rate for
Whites_____________________
Blacks_____________________
Asians_____________________
American Indians____________
Hispanics__________________
8. Make a
bar graph below to represent the rates of the ethnic groups.
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