Doctor Salary vs. UPS Driver

From http://www.er-doctor.com/doctor_income.html

About how much money has a full time UPS drive made 14 year after high school?

How much money would that driver have made if s/he had been working similar hours to a doctor's schedule?

How much money has a doctor made 14 years after high school?

How long does it take a doctor to catch up with a UPS driver in terms of net income?

Fetal Echocardiograms

From http://www.chop.edu/img/cardiac-center/graph-fetal-echo-volume.html

How many fetal echocardiograms were there in 2006?

In which year were there 1417 fetal echocardiograms?

What trend do you see over time?

Food Changes Since 1909

Hoven's Index for April 9, 2010

Sweeteners (sugar, molasses, honey, corn syrup, ...) per person in 1909:  83.4 lbs.

In 2008:  136.3 lbs.

Cheese per person in 1909:  5 lbs.

In 2008:  31 lbs.

Food group consumption compared to dietary recommendations, in 2008:

Grains:  130%

Meet:  120%

Vegetables:  65%

Fruit:  40%

Source:  US Dept. of Agriculture.

 

From http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/04/graph_of_the_day_for_april_9_2.html 

 

Represent some or all of the information above with a graph or chart.

Popularity of Meat

From http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/04/graph_of_the_day_for_april_9_2.html

What type of meat was most popular in 1909?

Which types of meat have risen most in popularity?

When was beef's popularity peak?

Bicycle Riders in NYC

From http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/08/why-bike-sharing-programs-are-really-good-ideas/23278/

From 1998 to 2008, what trend was there for daily ridership?

What trend was there for injuries and fatalities?

Why do you think injuries did not increase as ridership did?

HIV Testing

From http://mchb.hrsa.gov/whusa09/hsu/pages/309ht.html

Are men or women generally more likely to get tested for HIV?

Which age group is most likely to get tested?

Which age group is least likely to get tested?

Women and Transplants

From http://mchb.hrsa.gov/whusa09/hsu/pages/313ot.html

Which organ accounts for most of the transplants?

How many women received heart transplants in 2008?

How many women were waiting for lung transplants in 2009?