Maritime Academy of Science and Technology
Infectious Disease and the United States

Real Time Data of Deaths Attributed to Influenza and Pneumonia

1.  READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST!

Instructions:
    We have been studying infectious disease. In order to make our research more current, we will be gathering data on the amount of deaths occurring in various United States cities due to influenza and pneumonia.

1.  Sign up to research a city in the United States that is listed in the table below.

2.  Find current information about the population in the city that you are researching.

Click here to find population data.

3.  Look for the amount of people who have died as a result of pneumonia and influenza in the city that you have chosen.  This data is collected by the Center for Disease Control.

Click here to access current data on influenza and pneumonia.

4.  Using the information on the population of the city and the disease statistics, figure out the percentage of the population that has died as a result of pneumonia and influenza.

5.  Record your weekly data in a well organized data table.

Click here to see an example of a data table for this project.

AT THE END OF THE PROJECT:

6.  Create a line graph that represents the data you have recorded in your data table.

7.  Meet with the students who have chosen the other city in your region.  Compare and contrast your data.  Write a conclusion about the similarities and differences between the data that you found in your research.  Include in your conclusion:

8.  Meet with students that collected data from other parts of the country.  Make sure that you all have chosen the same size city.  Write a conclusion about the similarities and differences between the data that you found in your research.  Include in your conclusion: 9.  Be prepared to share your conclusions with the entire class!
 


SELECT A CITY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESEARCH!

Region Big City  Small City
New England Boston, MA Fall River, MA
Mid Atlantic New York City, NY Erie, PA
E.N. Central Chicago, IL Fort Wayne, IN
W.N. Central Minneapolis, MN Duluth, MN
S. Atlantic Miami, FL Savannah, GA
E.S. Central Memphis, TN Chattanooga, TN
W.S. Central Dallas, TX Corpus Christi, TX
Mountain Las Vegas, NV Ogden, UT
Pacific Los Angeles, CA Santa Cruz, CA

 



 
 
Student Responsibilities

    -research recent data on the population of their city
    -create weekly data reports on their city's rate of deaths due to influenza and pneumonia (total number of deaths and the percentage of the population that has died as a result of these diseases)
    -draw monthly line graphs summarizing the month's data (total number of deaths)
    -write conclusions summarizing the similarities and differences between the rate of deaths due to influenza and pneumonia in the various cities that we have studied (based on oral reports and line graphs by their classmates)
 

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