Analyze the results by answering the following questions. You may wish to do some reading in your text or on the web about human
survivorship to help you in formulating quality responses.
Compare the survivorship curves for males against those for females.
Explain the differences and why they occur.
Suggest possible biological and social/historical causes. For example, evolutionary
theory implies that females in the child-bearing years suffer higher mortality from childbirth deaths. How and in what periods do your data reflect this tendency?
Describe changes in mortality for males as a result of war.
Analyze and compare the mortality rates for the older age groups.
In general, why should these rates be higher than the average?
If you did not make a survivor curve for a nineteenth- century population, predict
how it would differ in three ways from the more recent population data you did plot.
If you did plot an additional curve from the nineteenth century, describe and explain
how if differs in three ways from the other one you plotted.
Describe how the survivorship curves of a more developed country (MDC) might compare to those of a less developed country (LDC).
Discuss how the survivorship curves could be used to make judgments about environmental and health conditions in each of the countries.
Humans are generally classified as forming a Type 1 survivorship curve.
Describe what this means.
Name some other organisms other than humans that are generally Type 1.
What are some distinguishing characteristics of Type 1 organisms?
Compare the survivorship curves for males against those for females.
Explain the differences and why they occur.
Suggest possible biological and social/historical causes. For example, evolutionary
theory implies that females in the child-bearing years suffer higher mortality from childbirth deaths. How and in what periods do your data reflect this tendency?
Describe changes in mortality for males as a result of war.
Analyze and compare the mortality rates for the older age groups.
In general, why should these rates be higher than the average?
If you did not make a survivor curve for a nineteenth- century population, predict
how it would differ in three ways from the more recent population data you did plot.
If you did plot an additional curve from the nineteenth century, describe and explain
how if differs in three ways from the other one you plotted.
Describe how the survivorship curves of a more developed country (MDC) might compare to those of a less developed country (LDC).
Discuss how the survivorship curves could be used to make judgments about environmental and health conditions in each of the countries.
Humans are generally classified as forming a Type 1 survivorship curve.
Describe what this means.
Name some other organisms other than humans that are generally Type 1.
What are some distinguishing characteristics of Type 1 organisms?
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