Question

A comparison was made of the average length of stay (in days) for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015 between males and females (ages 45–64) for seven diagnoses. The data indicates:

	2000	2005	2010	2015
Males:
Malignant Neoplasm	9.2	9.4	8.2	7.0
Diabetes Mellitus	7.9	7.3	6.6	6.5
Diseases of the Heart	6.5	5.8	5.0	4.8
Cerebrovascular disease	10.2	10.0	6.2	6.8
Pneumonia	8.0	7.9	7.2	6.9
Injuries and poisoning	6.6	7.2	5.8	5.5
Fractures	7.5	7.2	6.7	6.3

Females:	2000	2005	2010	2015
Malignant Neoplasm	8.4	8.5	6.7	6.3
Diabetes Mellitus	8.3	8.9	6.1	6.0
Diseases of the Heart	6.7	6.1	5.6	4.7
Cerebrovascular disease	12.2	10.7	7.8	6.7
Pneumonia	8.9	7.9	7.3	6.7
Injuries and poisoning	6.8	6.7	6.0	5.4
Fractures	7.3	7.9	6.0	5.2

Construct a comparison graph for each of the following;

a. Males and Females for the 7 diagnostic categories for the year 2000.

b. Malignant neoplasm Length of Stay (LOS) rates for males and females for each of the four periods.

c. Horizontal bar graph of the male LOS rates for all seven diagnostic categories.

d. Female LOS comparisons for all seven diagnostic categories for 2000 and 2010

Answer 1

a)

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