QUESTIONS ON LUNG DISEASE ONLINE
Tuberculosis
Visit http://www.lungusa.org/data/tb/tb2.pdf and answer the following questions based on the data shown.
Figure 1: What year reported the most deaths of tuberculosis?
Figure 2: In 2002 what did Maryland report as their TB rate?
Figure 3: Who reports the highest TB rates makes or females?
Figure 4: Of all the countries reporting TB cases, what percent belonged to the United States?
Figure 4: What was the second highest country to report TB?
Figure 5: What is the estimated TB incidence for SE Asia in 2005?
Visit
http://www.edcp.org/tb/tubercul.html adapted from Centers for Disease Control "Tuberculosis-Get the Facts!" to answer the following questions.
Maryland TB Statistics
Visit http://www.edcp.org/tb/trends.html to answer the following questions.
Lung Cancer
Visit http://www.lungusa.org/data/lc/LC02PT2.pdf and answer the following questions based on the data shown.
Figure 1: What year reported the highest death rate?
Figure 2: Who has the highest death rate do to cancer, males or females?
Figure 2: What kind of cancer has the highest mortality?
Figure 3: In 2000 what group had the highest death rate do to cancer?
Figure 3: In 2000 what was the death rate for:
White males?
Black males?
White females?
Black females?
Figure 4: In 1999, what was the age adjusted death rate for lung cancer in Maryland?
Figure 4: What state had the highest age adjusted death rate for lung cancer?
Figure 9: How many lung cancer deaths per 100,000 people between 1995-1999 were attributed to smoking?
Figure 9: How people in Maryland how many people died during that time?
Asthma
Visit http://www.lungusa.org/data/asthma/asthma2.pdf and answer the following questions based on the data shown.
Figure 1: How many people per 100,000 died from Asthma in 2000?
Figure 2: Who tends to have asthma more males or females?
Figure 2: What race tends to have asthma more?
Figure2: What percent of people have asthma from ages 5-17?
Figure 2: What part of the country do people report the least percentage of asthma?
Figure 3: What is the difference between figure 2 and figure 3?
Figure 5: What percentage of people in Maryland report current asthma?
SARS
Visit http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/sars-faq.pdf to answer the following questions on SARS
Basic Information about SARS
EMPHYSEMA