The Great Inca Rebellion
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Student Handout
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Community Demographics
A high rate of
deaths among newborns and infants often indicates poor care.
Toddlers—children between 1 and 4 years of age—most often die from
problems related to weaning, which frequently means a poor diet and infectious
disease. Young children are especially vulnerable to a poor diet because their
protein requirements per kilogram of body weight are higher than those of
adults. Poor nutrition in children makes them especially vulnerable to
infectious disease. Young children who do not get enough protein after being
weaned off of their mother's milk are more likely to die than young
children whose protein requirements are met. Tables 1a and 1b show the age and
gender distributions of the two populations. The number of community members
listed in each age range represents the ages they were when they died.
Procedure
Review and graph the data. Analyze the data for what it reveals about the health
of each community. Use the information on this page and what you have
learned from the data to answer the questions listed.
Table 1a: Age
Distribution of Children*
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Indian Knoll
Children
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Hardin Village
Children
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Ages
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# of
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% of
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# of
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% of
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Newborn
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38
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13.3
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25
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8.4
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>Newborn <1 year
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27
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9.5
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14
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4.7
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1–3
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28
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9.8
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59
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19.9
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4–5
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5
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1.8
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9
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3.0
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6–11
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13
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4.6
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22
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7.4
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12–16
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16
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5.6
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30
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10.1
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TOTAL
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127
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44.6
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159
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53.5
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Questions
Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.
What
percentage of the population in Indian Knoll died before the age of 17? What
percentage of the population in Hardin Village died before age 17? In what
community and what age group was the highest mortality among children? What conclusions could you draw from this data and the
information you have been given? Write down
any other observations you have about this data set.
Table 1b: Age
and Gender Distribution of Adults*
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Indian Knoll
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Hardin
Village
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Ages
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Males
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Females
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Males
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Females
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# of
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% of
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# of
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% of
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# of
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% of
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# of
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% of
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17–19
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8
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2.8
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13
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4.6
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5
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1.7
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5
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1.7
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20–24
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16
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5.6
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14
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4.9
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18
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6.1
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21
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7.1
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25–29
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20
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7.0
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10
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3.5
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20
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6.8
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14
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4.7
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30–39
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18
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6.3
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13
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4.6
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16
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5.4
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21
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7.1
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40–49
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19
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6.7
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14
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4.9
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5
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1.7
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9
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3.0
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50+
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9
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3.6
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4
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1.4
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0
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0
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3
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1.0
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TOTAL
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90
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32.0
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68
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23.9
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64
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21.7
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73
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24.6
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Questions
Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.
What do you
notice about the longevity of males in the two communities? What do you
notice about the longevity of females in the two communities? What conclusions could you draw from this data and the
information you have been given? Write down
any other observations you have about this data set.
*The
percentages represent what proportion of the entire population each age range
represents. The combined percentages of children and adults in each community
totals 100 percent of the skeletons surveyed (totals are slightly above or
below 100 due to rounding errors).
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