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In Africa in 2011, the number of deaths of a female from cardiovascular disease for different age groups are in table E ("Global health observatory," 2013): Expert Solutions for Success

In Africa in 2011, the number of deaths of a female from cardiovascular disease for different age groups are in table E ("Global health observatory," 2013).  In addition, the proportion of deaths of females from all causes for the same age groups are also in table E.  Do the data show that the death from cardiovascular disease are in the same proportion as all deaths for the different age groups?  Test at the 10% level. Hint: start by calculating the total cardiovascular frequency.

Table E: Deaths of Females for Different Age Groups

Age

5-14

15-29

30-49

50-69

Total

Cardiovascular Frequency

10

27

60

480

 

All Cause Proportion

0.14

0.16

0.22

0.48

 

 

Answer

State the hypotheses:

This is the null hypothesis Ho: Deaths from cardiovascular disease in females are in the same proportion as all deaths for the different age groups

The alternate hypothesis Ha: Deaths from cardiovascular disease in females are not in the same proportion as all deaths for the different age groups 

We are already given alpha value of 10% in problem statement

The expected frequencies should not be less than 5 for obtaining a valid test statistic in Chi-square test. However, as will be seen below in table, none of these frequencies is less than 5.

The Chi-square statistic is calculated using the formula

Where O and E are the observed and the expected frequency values respectively. This can be tabulated as;

Age

May-14

15-29

30-49

50-69

Total

Cardiovascular Frequency

10

27

60

480

577

Expected

10.12246

27.11301

60.11581

479.6487

577

 x2

0.001481

0.000471

0.000223

0.000257

0.002433

All Cause Proportion

0.14

0.16

0.22

0.48

1

Expected

0.017543

0.04699

0.104187

0.83128

1

  x2

0.854782

0.271791

0.128737

0.148443

1.403753

Total

10.14

27.16

60.22

480.48

578

Expected

10.14

27.16

60.22

480.48

578

 x2

0.856263

0.272262

0.12896

0.1487

1.406186

 The chi-square value is 1.406186

The degrees of freedom for the test are 3, since there are 4 values in table. The p-value, is 0.7041

Since the p-value is greater than the alpha level, we fail to reject the null hypothesis.

 

The result is not statistically significant at 0.1 level of significance. There is no sufficient evidence to support the claim that deaths from cardiovascular disease in females are not in the same proportion as all deaths of females for the different age groups.

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