Data –Driven Design and Analysis An Unusual Incident

Data –Driven Design and Analysis

An Unusual Incident

Below is a summary of data collected about a particular incident involving a large number of people. Your task is to look for patterns in the data, and hence determine what the incident may have been.

For example, one unusual pattern in the data is the difference in the overall female death rate (

27

%) and the overall male death rate (

8

0

%). There are many intriguing differences between the categories.

Use the patterns you have found to help you decide what this unusual incident might be. Justify your answer using the data, and the patterns that you have noticed.

 

Male

Female

Both

Male

Female

Both

106

3

13

Data Cross – Tabulated By Economic Status and Gender
	Economic Status		Population Exposed to Incident	Number of Deaths	Deaths Per 100 Exposed to Incident
				Male			Female						Both
	I (high)	180	1 4 5		3 25	118	4			12 2	6 5		3		37
	II	1 79		106		285	1 54		13			1 67	87	12		59
	III (low)	510	196		706	422		52 8	83	54		73
	Other	862	23			885	670			673	78				76
	Total	1731	470		2201	13 64	126		1490	80	27		67

Economic Status

Population Exposed
to Incident

 

Both

Adult

Child

Both

Adult

Child

Both

I (high)

325

122

122

0

37

II

285

167

0

167

0

59

III (low)

706

528

76

73

Other

885

0

885

673

0

673

76

76

Total

2201

52

1490

67

Data Cross-Tabulated by Economic Status and Age
Number of Deaths	Deaths per 100 Exposed to Incident
		Adult			Child
319	6						0	38
261	24	64
627	79	476		52	66
–
2092	109	1438	69	48