2024HSCShort answer

Q29 (a)

2 marks

Question

An epidemiological study was conducted to help model how many people will be affected by Type 2 diabetes globally in the future. Continuous data were collected from 1990 to 2020. From that data, the following data points were chosen to demonstrate the trend.

Year	Percentage of population affected by Type 2 diabetes (%)
1990	3.1
2000	3.7
2010	4.3
2020	5.6

Plot the data on the grid provided and include the line of best fit.

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Solution

Criteria	Marks
All points plotted correctly; appropriate line of best fit drawn	2
Some points plotted correctly OR line of best fit attempted	1

Sample answer:

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Syllabus alignment

Module 8 · Non-infectious Disease and Disorders

EpidemiologyAnalyse incidence and prevalence patterns of non-infectious diseases in populations.

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