Cemetery Demography



APES Cemetery Demography Lab Name: ___________ Blk: ____

• The data needed for this lab will be collected outside of class.

Procedure:

1. You will search birth and death data for males or females born in the decades from 1850-1909. You will be responsible for collecting at least 25 pieces of data.

2. Visit one or more local cemeteries within Johnston County.

3. Find 25 people (males or females, depending on the data you are responsible for) who were born within the decade you are searching. For each person you should record:

a. Name of cemetery (if you go to more than one, number your locations and list to the side of your data chart which people were found at which site.)

b. Name of person

c. Birth year

d. Death year

e. Age at death

4. For extra credit, find people born in 1830-1839. You will receive 1 point for every 5 people you find, up to a maximum of 10 point.

5. Record all data in “Personal Data” table.

6. Calculate the % survival rate for your personal data set. This will be important because you will be doing this again.

a. Break down population by the age at death (grouped into decades of age for convenience).

b. List the number of people that died at each age group.

c. Calculate the number of people that have survived to that point from the original population number (how many pieces of data you collected- usually 25).

d. Find the percentage of the original population (usually 25 for your data set) that has survived to each point. This is your survivorship rate.

7. When the group meets to analyze the data, you will:

a. Group up based on gender and decade. You will calculate your information for each gender, and then add your data together to result in your decades overall data.

b. Calculate the survivorship rates for males over time, females over time, and the overall data for your decade.

c. Create line graphs showing survivorship by age for the following data sets.

i. Your personal data- 1 graph

ii. Each decade (3 lines—males, females, total)- 8 graphs

iii. Each gender (9 lines- lines for each decade (30- 09) + totals)- 2 graphs

iv. Totals (both decade-based and gender-based)- 2 graphs

8. Answer questions and draw conclusions.

Personal Data:

Name(s) of cemeteries visited and locations (add more spaces if needed):

1) __________________________________________________

2) __________________________________________________

3) __________________________________________________

| |Person’s Name |Birth Year |Death Year |Age at Death |

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Personal Data Analysis:

|Age |# Died At Age |# Surviving at Age Group |% Survival |

|0 to 9 | | | |

|10 to 19 | | | |

|20 to 29 | | | |

|30 to 39 | | | |

|40 to 49 | | | |

|50 to 59 | | | |

|60 to 69 | | | |

|70 to 79 | | | |

|80 to 89 | | | |

|90 to 99 | | | |

|100 to 109 | | | |

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