Down load the following files which are asterisked in the references. Using Mexican, Spanish, and USA public health data that reflect the rates of diabetes in both countries. Students working in groups will construct data charts that shows the comparisons of the rates of diabetes within all three countries. The charts may take different forms from the original data. Tasa means rate.
Spanish rates are reported for several years, rates for Mexico are for a single year.
It will be necessary in some cases to construct several charts and finally come up with a single chart. The classification of Hispanic in the U.S.A. is somewhat artificial. After the data analysis has been done, students should read the attached abstract, and determine wether or not is an appropriate tests of Amerind ancestry. The group of students should interpret this abstract in the light of the work on the data analysis. Then an abstract should be prepared that mirrors the format of the Medline Abstract and is representative of student understanding and data collection.