Laboratory Exercise No.

4:
PRESENTATION OF DATA AND FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION

1. Construct a pie chart on the data on maternal deaths by main causes in the Philippines in
1991 given below
Cause of Maternal Death Number
Abortion 10
Pregnancy related 42
Hemorrhage 25
Hypertension 23
Other complications 10

2. Consider the data on life expectancy of males from selected countries below/ prepare a
corresponding bar graph for these data.
Countries Life Expectancy
Philippines 61
China 65
Korea, South 64
Singapore 71
Thailand 57
Japan 81

3. The number of service provider for malaria in the three known malaria provinces in
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is shown below. Prepare a component
bar graph for these data.
BARMM
Service Provider
Basilan Sulu Tawi-Tawi
RHU Staff 7 21 10
Medical Technologists 13 18 11
Laboratory Technician 6 10 15
Barangay Health Workers 18 47 23

4. Construct a line graph on morbidity rates (rate per 100,000 population) of diarrhea cases in
the Philippines covering the years 1982 to 1990.
Year Morbidity Rates
1981 420
1982 400
1983 450
1984 1000
1985 1920
1986 950
1987 975
1988 980
1989 985
1990 1400
1991 1780

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5. Construct a frequency distribution of the ages 40 patients with hypertension at hospital Y from
the given data, with lowest class interval of 20-26. Include also less than cumulative
frequencies, greater than cumulative frequencies, and the class marks of every class intervals.

54 35 47 58 20 36 22 41 23 16
67 45 80 40 78 48 48 48 37 27
38 62 74 28 70 39 51 60 42 34
42 54 63 25 63 80 60 75 38 48

6. Prepare a frequency polygon of the frequency distribution of the ages 40 patients with
hypertension in item No. 5.
7. Construct a histogram, less than Ogive, and greater than Ogive of the obtained frequency
distribution of the 40 patients with hypertension in item No. 5.

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