Human Development and HIV: Are they related?
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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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The IDEAHIV has been linked with socio-
economic factors - mixed study results.
HDI and HIV- probable co-relation.
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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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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