Mathematics assignment final
- 1. 1 Mathematics Assignment Name: Kok Ka Shing (0323553) Randall Martin Gustaf (0323276) Yeong Poh Ling (0323590) Yip Xiaojung (0323852) Yap Choe Hoong Chin Cheong Soon Loh Wen Jun Intake: FNBE March 2015 Tutor: Miss Ann See Peng
- 2. 2 Table Of Content Introduction 3 Objectives 4 Methodology 5 Survey 6-8 Analysis 9-25 Conclusion 26
- 3. 3 Introduction Firstly, we were asked to forma group of 5-7 people and were require to conduct a survey on the level of understanding of both male and female students in Taylor’s University LakesideCampus aged 17-21 and aged 22-26 of a common chronic diseasein Malaysia. We decided to focus on the chronic diseasewhich was high blood pressure for our survey. High Blood pressureis a common diseasewhere blood flows through the arteries at a higher than normalpressure. Over time, if the blood pressureis constantly high it will stretch the arteries beyond the healthy limit and will damage the arteries. This will cause many problems like increaserisk of blood clot and increaseworkload on the circulatory systemfor the individual and it could also lead to other diseasesuch as stroke, heartfailure, dementia and many more. Studies have shown that in the year 2013, 1 in 3 Malaysians aged 18 and above suffer fromhigh blood pressure. Itis also found that hypertension is one of the leading causes of death in Malaysia. So in this survey, wehad prepared some questions regarding aboutthe diseaseand also somelittle known facts about the disease. Through this survey, wewill find out how much does the students of Taylor’ University knows and understand aboutthe danger of high blood pressure. We can also determine which gender male or female is more knowledgeableabout the disease.
- 4. 4 Objectives For this survey, wedid not select a specific gender to focus on. The objective of this survey is mainly to test the knowledgeof Taylor’s studentof different age group on their understanding on the disease which is high blood pressure. Besides that, it is also to further our own understanding on the diseasethat we are surveying about. Not only that, we arealso to further analyseon the views of other people on the disease. Finally, we are to collect 350 survey data from different gender and age group in order for us to compare the results later on and to tabulate all the data in an organized manner.
- 5. 5 Methodology The questions for this survey werecompleted on the 27th of December 2015 and we use4 days of the following week to carry out the survey by distributing the questionnairearound Taylor’s University LakesideCampus. As my group has 7 people, each one of us is tasked assigned to give out 50 surveys, so that gives us a total of 350 surveys. After collecting all 350 surveys back fromthestudents, we complied all our group’s data and create charts for each of the questions in the survey based on the data we collected. After that, we also analysed the data and calculated the mode for each of the question to put in our analysis.
- 6. 6 Sample Survey Form Survey Introduction You are asked to complete the following survey as part of a statistics assignment for mathematics students in Foundation in Natural and built environment (FNBE) semester 2 March 2015 intake to study the understanding of high blood pressure among the students in Taylors University Lakeside Campus. There is no right or wrong answers in this survey. Your response will give us more information on the subject at hand in order to help us advance in our studies. There are a total of 15 questions in this survey. This survey will take approximately 10 minutes tocomplete. Gender ☐ Male ☐ Female Age ☐ 17-21 ☐ 22-26 1. How many Malaysians suffer from high blood pressure? ☐ 1 in 5 people ☐ 1 in 3 people ☐ 1 in 10 people 2. What causes high blood pressure? ☐ Unhealthy lifestyle ☐ Stress ☐ Genetics ☐ All of the above 3. Which age category is most vulnerable to this disease? ☐ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Senior citizens ☐ All of the above
- 7. 7 4. Which gender has a higher risk of contracting high blood pressure? ☐ Male ☐ Female ☐ Does not matter 5. High blood pressure is a common disease. ☐ True ☐ False 6. High blood pressure leads to other diseases. ☐ True ☐ False 7. Is high blood pressure fatal if not treated? ☐ Yes ☐ No 8. How often should an individual check their blood pressure? ☐ Once a day ☐ Once a week ☐ Once a month ☐ Once a year 9. What is the most suitable way to reduce your blood pressure, if you have high blood pressure? ☐ By medication ☐ By changing your diet ☐ By exercise ☐ All together 10. How many stages of hypertension are there? ☐ None ☐ 1 ☐ 2 11. At what reading do your consider having high blood pressure? ☐ ☐ ☐ 12. Smoking increases the risk of heart attack and stroke threefold in individuals that has high blood pressure. ☐ True ☐ False
- 8. 8 13. In rare cases, what are the symptoms of those that suffer high blood pressure? ☐ Shortness of breath ☐ blurred vision ☐ Headaches ☐ All of the above 14. People now possess a higher risk of contracting high blood pressure compared to the olden days. ☐ Yes ☐ No 15. African and Caribbean people are more prone to contract high blood pressure. ☐ True ☐ False
- 9. 9 Analysis Our respondents consists of 47.4% female respondents and 52.6% male respondents. 65.2% of the Male respondents are in the age group of 17-21 while 34.8% is within the age group of 22-26.
- 10. 10 75.9% of the female respondents are in the age group of 17-21 while the remaining are in the age group of 22-26.
- 11. 11 1. Q: How many Malaysians suffer from high blood pressure? A: 1 in 3 people Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE 1/5 people 73 61 1/3 people 51 59 1/10 people 60 46 Mode: Male - 1 in 5 people / Female- 1 in 5 people 27.7% of male and 35.5% of female knows that 1 in 3 people suffers from high blood pressure. This shows that the respondents assume that 1 in 5 people suffer from high blood pressure but in reality, there are more Malaysians who are suffering from high blood pressure.
- 12. 12 2. Q: What causes high blood pressure? A: All of the above Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE Unhealthy lifestyle 56 41 Stress 37 20 Genetics 12 16 All of the above 79 89 Mode: Male – All of the above / Female – All of the above High blood pressure is caused by unhealthy lifestyle, stress and genetics. Unhealthy lifestyle like high sodium intake, drinking excess amount of alcohol and lack of physical activity can lead to high blood pressure. Stress from short-term and long-term can cause spikes in blood pressure, leading to high blood pressure. Genetic factors play some role in high blood pressure.
- 13. 13 3. Q: Which age category is most vulnerable to this disease? A: All of the above Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE Teens 13 11 Adults 54 51 Senior Citizens 65 58 All of the above 52 46 Mode: Male – Senior Citizens / Female – Senior Citizens Anyone from any age group is vulnerable to this disease. High blood pressure affects people from the age group from teens up to senior citizens. 28.3% of male and 27.7% of female is well aware of this.
- 14. 14 4. Q: Which gender has a higher risk of contracting high blood pressure? A: Does not matter. Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE Male 52 36 Female 19 19 Does not matter 113 111 Mode: Male – Does not matter / Female – Does not matter Gender is not a factor in contracting high blood pressure. It does not matter if you are male or female, the risk of contracting high blood pressure is there. 61.4% of Male and 66.9% of Female is aware that gender does not play a role in contracting high blood pressure.
- 15. 15 5. Q: High blood pressure is a common disease. A: True Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE True 152 137 False 32 29 Mode: Male – True / Female – True High blood pressure is a common disease. It is when the long-term force of the blood against your artery walls is high
- 16. 16 6. Q: High blood pressure leads to other disease A: True Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE True 132 113 False 52 53 Mode: Male – True / Female – True High blood pressure can lead to other disease such as coronary artery disease, heart failure, Transient ischemic attack (TIA), dementia and others. 71.4% of male and 68.07% of female are aware of high blood pressure leading to other diseases.
- 17. 17 7. Q: Is high blood pressure fatal if not treated? A: Yes Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE Yes 159 139 No 25 27 Mode: Male – Yes / Female – Yes High blood pressure is fatal if not treated. It can lead to major health problems that can lead to death. 86.4% of Male and 83.7% of Female is aware that it is fatal if not treated.
- 18. 18 8. Q: How often should an individual check their blood pressure? A: Once a year Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE Once a day 15 13 Once a week 26 37 Once a month 102 79 Once a year 41 37 Mode: Male – Once a month / Female – Once a month An individual should check their blood pressure yearly to monitor their health. However, 55.43% of Male and 47.59% of Female assume that they should check their blood pressure monthly. Only 22.28% of male and 22.28% of female knows that they should check their blood pressure yearly.
- 19. 19 9. Q: What is the most suitable way to reduce your blood pressure, if you have high blood pressure? A: All together Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE By medication 26 22 By changing your diet 36 34 By exercise 24 14 All together 98 96 Mode: Male – All together / Female – All together To reduce blood pressure, one can take medication, changing to low sodium diet and exercising. 53.3% of male and 57.8% of female is aware that one can do all of the above to reduce blood pressure.
- 20. 20 10. Q: How many stages of hypertension are there? A: 2 Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE Nope 64 61 1 35 25 2 85 80 Mode: Male – 2 / Female – 2 There are 2 stages of hypertension. If your systolic blood pressure is between 140 and 159 or your diastolic pressure is between 90 and 99, you are considered to be in hypertension stage 1. If your systolic pressure is 160 or higher or your diastolic pressure is 100 or higher, you have hypertension stage 2. 46.2% of male and 48.2% of female is aware of the presence of 2 stages of hypertension.
- 21. 21 11. Q: At what reading do you consider having high blood pressure? A: 120/80 mm/Hg Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE 80/50 mm/Hg 3 6 120/80 mm/Hg 56 41 Above 120/80 mm/Hg 125 119 Mode: Male – Above 120/80 mm/Hg / Female – Above 120/80 mm/Hg The reading for high blood pressure is 120/80 mm/Hg. 67.93% of Male and 71.69% of Female assume that one is considered to have high blood pressure if their reading is above 120/80 mm/Hg. However, only 30.4% of male and 24.7% of female is aware that the reading for high blood pressure is 120/80 mm/Hg.
- 22. 22 12. Q: Smoking increases the risk of heart attack and stroke threshold in individuals that has high blood pressure. A: True. Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE True 158 142 False 26 24 Mode: Male – True / Female – True If one has high blood pressure, smoking can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke threshold. Smokers are likely to get heart attack and stroke. 85.87% of male and 85.54% of female are well aware of the dangers of a smoker with high blood pressure.
- 23. 23 13. Q: In rare cases, what are the symptoms of those that suffer high blood pressure? A: All of the above Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE Shortness of breath 51 18 Blurred vision 17 12 Headaches 38 38 All of the above 78 98 Mean: Male – all of the above / Female – all of the above The symptoms of those that suffer high blood pressure are shortness of breath, blurred vision and headaches. 42.4% of male and 59% of female are well aware of these symptoms of high blood pressure.
- 24. 24 14. Q: People now possess a higher risk of contracting high blood pressure compared to the olden days. A: Yes Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE Yes 160 145 No 24 21 Mode: Male – Yes / Female – Yes Compared to the olden days, individuals possess a higher risk of contracting high blood pressure because the food in the present are processed, people of this generation are faced with more stress and people of this generation exercise less. 86.96% of male and 87.35% of female are aware that people face a higher risk in this generation.
- 25. 25 15. Q: African and Caribbean people are more prone to contract high blood pressure. A: True Frequency, f Gender MALE FEMALE True 55 59 False 129 10 Mode : Male – False / Female – False African and Caribbean people are more prone to contract high blood pressure because of genetic factors and environmental factors. Up until now, researchers do not have an answer to why African and Caribbean people are more prone to high blood pressure. 29.9% of male and 35.5% of female are aware of this situation. However, 70.1% of male and 64.5% of female are not aware that African and Caribbean people are more prone to high blood pressure.
- 26. 26 Conclusion In conclusion, the major purposeof our survey is to gather and combine all the information into a complete table to examine the understanding level of males and females about high blood pressureor HBP for short. Through the data collected, males are the majority of the survey with the total number of 184 while females total up to 166 which equal our total participants to 350 people. For males, 65.2% arein the age group 17-21 and 34.8% arefromthe age group 22-26. Whereas for females, 75.9% arein the age group 17-21 and 24.1% arefromthe age group 22-26. In theend, females are more knowledgeable abouthigh blood pressure. Based on our research, the averageanswers given by our participators shows thatMalaysians are somewhatwell educated in someaspects but not all. As an exemplary question, they were asked about how many people are affected by ratios in Malaysia. Most of them answered 1 in 10 people and 1 in 5 people even though the answer is 1 in every 3 people. This shows that Malaysians arenot awareon how common this disease is. On the other hand, most of the male and female participants answered correctly with the answer yes when asked a question whether the diseaseis fatal or not. The overall survey showed thatMalaysians are not really awareof the dangers and other important information such as how to prevent high blood pressurefrom happening in the first place and also the steps of regulating yourself if one is to have high blood pressure. Kementrian Kesihatan Malaysia should organizemore campaigns to raise the awareness of high blood pressure. They should conductit in schools as a platformfor children to have and that knowledgeto bring with them when they grow up. Another way is to place posters all around populated area to for the recognition of the disease. If all of these steps are abided, then more people would be away fromthe dangers fromhigh blood pressure.