Diabetes By: Maura Jennings James Reardon Brandi Summerlin Maggie White

Introduction ●Diabetes is a serious & potentially fatal metabolic disease where the body does not produce or use insulin correctly. ○Type I & Type II ●Dependent variable(Y)- Diabetic population ●Independent variable(X)- Race, poverty, high blood pressure, & obesity

Prevalence

Hypothesis 1 There is a marked difference between the prevalence by race. Being black increases the likelihood of developing diabetes. r = 0.44 r 2 = 0.19

Hypothesis 2 More impoverished individuals are more likely to develop diabetes. r = 0.46 r 2 = 0.21

Hypothesis 3 Those with high blood pressure have a higher likelihood to be diabetic. r = 0.43 r 2 = 0.18

Hypothesis 4 If an individual is obese he or she will be more likely to be diabetic. r = 0.44 r 2 = 0.19

Conclusion ●Being black, impoverished, obese, and/or having high blood pressure all are positively correlated with a diagnosis of Diabetes. ●Each independent variable (through r 2 ) explains between 18-21% of variance within the population.