England+and+Scotland

IB ESS SL Ching Fung December 13, 2008

=**Comparing Human Survivorship:**=

England and Scotland
Comparing the age of death of 50 individuals from England and 50 individuals from Scotland.

Since the England and Scotland are both in the United Kingdom, they should share similar diets and lifestyles. Furthermore, they are both modernized and developed countries, so their survivorship curves should look similar.
 * Hypothesis**

The age of death (//in ascending order//) for 50 random individuals in England, and 50 random individuals in Scotland, in the year 2002. //Source:// [|Ancestry.com]
 * Raw Data**
 * England || 41 ||  || Scotland || 60 ||
 * || 48 ||  ||   || 67 ||
 * || 49 ||  ||   || 68 ||
 * || 57 ||  ||   || 69 ||
 * || 63 ||  ||   || 73 ||
 * || 66 ||  ||   || 74 ||
 * || 67 ||  ||   || 75 ||
 * || 68 ||  ||   || 75 ||
 * || 72 ||  ||   || 77 ||
 * || 72 ||  ||   || 77 ||
 * || 73 ||  ||   || 78 ||
 * || 73 ||  ||   || 80 ||
 * || 74 ||  ||   || 81 ||
 * || 74 ||  ||   || 81 ||
 * || 76 ||  ||   || 82 ||
 * || 77 ||  ||   || 82 ||
 * || 77 ||  ||   || 83 ||
 * || 78 ||  ||   || 83 ||
 * || 78 ||  ||   || 83 ||
 * || 78 ||  ||   || 84 ||
 * || 79 ||  ||   || 84 ||
 * || 80 ||  ||   || 84 ||
 * || 80 ||  ||   || 85 ||
 * || 80 ||  ||   || 86 ||
 * || 81 ||  ||   || 87 ||
 * || 82 ||  ||   || 88 ||
 * || 82 ||  ||   || 88 ||
 * || 82 ||  ||   || 88 ||
 * || 82 ||  ||   || 89 ||
 * || 83 ||  ||   || 89 ||
 * || 83 ||  ||   || 89 ||
 * || 83 ||  ||   || 89 ||
 * || 84 ||  ||   || 89 ||
 * || 84 ||  ||   || 90 ||
 * || 88 ||  ||   || 90 ||
 * || 88 ||  ||   || 91 ||
 * || 88 ||  ||   || 91 ||
 * || 89 ||  ||   || 91 ||
 * || 90 ||  ||   || 94 ||
 * || 91 ||  ||   || 95 ||
 * || 92 ||  ||   || 95 ||
 * || 92 ||  ||   || 95 ||
 * || 93 ||  ||   || 95 ||
 * || 94 ||  ||   || 96 ||
 * || 94 ||  ||   || 96 ||
 * || 97 ||  ||   || 97 ||
 * || 99 ||  ||   || 97 ||
 * || 99 ||  ||   || 97 ||
 * || 99 ||  ||   || 97 ||
 * || 101 ||  ||   || 97 ||

The number of individuals alive (out of 50) each year.
 * Graphical Data**

The curves of both England and Scotland appear to be late-loss curves. However, the English population seem to have an earlier death, with deaths happening in the 40-60 age range, whereas the Scottish population according to this data, on average, do not have deaths until the age of 60. Interestingly, according to [|StrategyPage], Scotland has a higher crime rate than England. Perhaps there are other reasons why people in England, on average, die earlier than people Scotland. Of course, since this data is based on Obituary information from [|Ancestry.com], there is a high chance of error. Certainly, the people whose deaths have received obituaries are not random. Vagrants, beggars, or people without family are not recorded, for instance. The personal reasons for posting an obituary in the first place vary, and effect the "randomness" of these numbers. Therefore, this information cannot be conclusive, and a much better source of "death information" is required for a better survivorship comparison for England and Scotland.
 * Evaluation**