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Question: the table below shows road fatalities in nsw by gender...
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The table below shows road fatalities in NSW by gender from 2010 to 2016.
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
Male |
296 |
267 |
267 |
243 |
211 |
242 |
283 |
Female |
109 |
97 |
102 |
90 |
96 |
108 |
97 |
Total |
405 |
364 |
369 |
333 |
307 |
350 |
380 |
Source: Centre for Road Safety, Transport for NSW, State of NSW
a) Which year shown had the highest number of road fatalities?
b) Answer each of the following correct to one decimal place:
i) Of the total fatalities in 2011, what percentage were female?
ii) Of the total fatalities in 2016, what percentage were male?
c) Find the mean number of fatalities in NSW over this 7-year period for:
i) males
ii) females
d) The table shows that male deaths each year are more than double female deaths.
Why do you think this is so? Give one reason.
e) What is the range of the total number of fatalities over this 7-year period?
Represent this data as two line graphs .
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