Central+Illinois+and+Easter+Missouri-+Andrea

Survivorship Curves for Central Illinois and Easter Missouri
Obituary Data Sources: **http://www.legacy.com/STLTODAY/DeathNotices.asp http://www.legacy.com/pjstar/Obituaries.asp****

Hypothesis: I think that the ages at death of the populations will be very similar in their survivorship curves, because there is not a lot of social or economic difference between Central Illinois and Eastern Missouri.

Limitations: Not everyone who dies includes an obituary, because newspapers aren't as popular anymore with younger generations, so we might not see as many younger people included in obituaries. Also some newspapers charge money to include obituaries, so that might limit the number of people who include an obituary.

Evaluation:There were not any deaths under 19 for Easter Missouri and no deaths under 30 for Central Illinois, so young death is very uncommon (or at least in obituaries.) The occurrences for both began to increase as the age went up until around 90. After 90 we begin to see a decline as very few people survive to a hundred or past. Most people seem to die at around 75 to 90 years of age. All this was true for both population sets, which agrees with my hypothesis that they the age at death would be similar.