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Health (PIR Medical Services) (continued)
Process Components Content Information
Data Analysis The above percentages are proportions that will tell us
what fraction of the total number of children received
treatment for the one the identified health conditions.
The percentages were calculated by taking the number
of children with one of the main health conditions and
dividing that number by the actual enrollment.
Add the percent of children identified with each particular
health condition for the years available to you (in this
example the years are 2003, 2004, 2005), and divide the total
by the number of years being analyzed:
Total # of years Average
Anemia 8.4% 3 2.8%
Asthma 6.3% 3 2.1%
Hearing Diff 5.1% 3 1.7%
overweight 9.6% 3 3.2%
Vision Problem 4% 3 1.3%
At this time it is recommended that a visualizing strategy be
used. Rank the health condition using the average.
Average Rank
overweight 3.2% 1
Anemia 2.8% 2
Asthma 2.1% 3
Hearing Diff 1.7% 4
Vision Problem 1.3% 5
Interpretation Being overweight is the number one medical condition that
impacts MSHS children enrolled from 2003-2005.
© AED/TAC-12 Spring 2006.