Human Development and HIV: Are they related?

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Human Development and HIV: Are they related?

Data Visualization using

Divya Khandekar

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The IDEAHans Rosling “Let my dataset

change your mindset”http://www.gapminder.org/videos/ted-us-state-department/

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The IDEACompared Human Development Index

(HDI) to prevalence of HIV in a country.

HDI is a measure of Human Development or well-being. Combines 3 factors:

1) Life expectancy at birth2) Mean years of schooling and Expected

years of schooling3) standard of living: GNI per capita (PPP

US$)

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HDI

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The IDEAHIV has been linked with socio-

economic factors - mixed study results.

HDI and HIV- probable co-relation.

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Google. Docs

1) MAPS

HDI_2009

2) MOTION CHARTS

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1) Finding data: United Nations Development Programme website, World Data Bank website

2) Selecting cases (countries): 293) Selecting a baseline: 19904) Selecting Variables: Country name HDI rank 2011 HDI (1990,1995,2000,2005,2009) Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 (%)

(1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2009) Number of people infected with HIV Continent

MOTION CHARTS

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Primary hypothesis: An increase in HDI value will cause a relative decrease in the incidence of HIV in adult population.

MOTION CHARTS

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OBSERVATIONS

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OBSERVATIONS

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OBSERVATIONS

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Out of the 29 countries selected, 9 showed a correlation between increase in HDI and HIV (8 African countries and 1 Asian)

High HDI vs. Low HDI African countries

Stabilization periodIndia: Increase in total number of

cases but % remains sameWhy African counties are

different?

OBSERVATIONS

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