Ebola Worksheet-1

Spread of Ebola - updated
Map created by Mikael Hggstrm and published in Wikipedia

Since February 2014, West Africa has experienced the emergence and spread of the Ebola virus. At
present there is no known treatment and a high percentage of infected patients die. At first the seriousness
of the infection that was being experienced in Guinea, West Africa wasnt appreciated. People who had
died of the disease were transported freely to their home regions and infected people were cared for without
proper caretaker protection.
WHO (The World Health Organization) is the coordinating authority for health within the United Nations
system. It is responsible for providing guidance and tracking data about global health matters.
The table below contains data from the WHO system. You will use this data to help you analyze how the
spread of this terrible disease has progressed. These numbers represent confirmed and unconfirmed
cases of Ebola.
Totals
Guinea
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Senegal
Date
Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths
20 Sep 14
6,185
2,909
1,008
632
3,280
1,720
1,876
549
20
17-Sep-14
5,762
2,746
965
623
3,022
1,578
1,753
537
21
13-Sep-14
5,232
2,538
936
595
2,671
1,424
1,603
511
21
10-Sep-14
4,846
2,375
899
568
2,415
1,307
1,509
493
22
7-Sep-14
4,366
2,177
861
557
2,081
1,137
1,424
476
22
3-Sep-14
4,001
2,089
823
522
1,863
1,078
1,292
452
22
31-Aug-14
3,707
1,808
771
494
1,698
871
1,216
436
21
25-Aug-14
3,071
1,553
648
430
1,378
694
1,026
422
19
20-Aug-14
2,615
1,427
607
406
1,082
624
910
392
16
18-Aug-14
2,473
1,350
579
396
972
576
907
374
15
16-Aug-14
2,240
1,229
543
394
834
466
848
365
15
13-Aug-14
2,127
1,145
519
380
786
413
810
348
12
11-Aug-14
1,975
1,069
510
377
670
355
783
334
12
9-Aug-14
1,848
1,013
506
373
599
323
730
315
13
6-Aug-14
1,779
961
495
367
554
294
717
298
13
4-Aug-14
1,711
932
495
363
516
282
691
286
1-Aug-14
1,603
887
485
358
468
255
646
273
30-Jul-14
1,440
826
472
346
391
227
574
252
27-Jul-14
1,323
729
460
339
329
156
533
233
23-Jul-14
1,201
672
427
319
249
129
525
224
20-Jul-14
1,093
660
415
314
224
127
454
219
17-Jul-14
1,048
632
410
310
196
116
442
206
14-Jul-14
982
613
411
310
174
106
397
197
12-Jul-14
964
603
406
304
172
105
386
194
8-Jul-14
888
539
409
309
142
88
337
142
6-Jul-14
844
518
408
307
131
84
305
127
2-Jul-14
779
481
412
305
115
75
252
101
30-Jun-14
759
467
413
303
107
65
239
99
22-Jun-14
599
338
51
34
20-Jun-14
581
328
390
270
158
17-Jun-14
528
337
97
49
16-Jun-14
526
334
398
264
33
24
15-Jun-14
522
333
394
263
33
24
95
46
10-Jun-14
474
252
372
236
6-Jun-14
453
245
89
5-Jun-14
445
244
351
226
5-Jun-14
438
233
81
3-Jun-14
436
233
344
215
1-Jun-14
383
211
328
208
79
29-May-14
354
211
28-May-14
319
209
291
193
27-May-14
309
202
281
186
16
23-May-14
270
185
258
174
18-May-14
265
187
253
176
12-May-14
260
182
248
171
10-May-14
245
168
233
157
12
11
7-May-14
249
169
236
158
3-May-14
244
166
231
155
2-May-14
239
160
13
11
1-May-14
237
158
226
149
30-Apr-14
233
155
221
146
24-Apr-14
253
152
35
23-Apr-14
252
152
218
141
21-Apr-14
242
147
34
11
20-Apr-14
235
149
208
136
17-Apr-14
230
142
203
129
27
13
16-Apr-14
224
135
197
122
27
13
14-Apr-14
194
121
168
108
11-Apr-14
184
114
26
13
10-Apr-14
183
113
25
12
9-Apr-14
179
111
158
101
-1
7-Apr-14
172
105
151
95
21
10
1-Apr-14
135
88
127
83
31-Mar-14
130
82
122
80
29-Mar-14
114
71
28-Mar-14
120
76
112
70
27-Mar-14
111
72
103
66
26-Mar-14
86
62
86
62
25-Mar-14
86
60
86
60
24-Mar-14
86
59
86
59
22-Mar-14
49
29
49
29
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-2
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_epidemic_in_West_Africa
There is a lot of information in this spread sheet. In its current form, it may be difficult to analyze the
information and come to any conclusions. In order to make the analysis more feasible, you have access to
this data in an Excel spreadsheet.
Below is an example of one way to analyze the data. The graph shows how many total cases were reported
each week since March.
1. Make 3 observations from this graphic.

The virus keeps growing exponentially as time goes on.
Working with your group, use the data to come to some conclusions.
2. Have the percentages of fatalities changed since the beginning of this outbreak. Give some examples.
3. Does the rate of spread seem to be steady, increasing, or decreasing? Give some examples.
4. Do some countries seem to be handling this devastation more successfully than other? Give examples
and hypothesize why that might be so.
5. List 3 comparisons, graphs, or calculations that you can make with the data provided in the
spreadsheet.
6. Pick one (from your list above), and make the comparison/graph/calculation to demonstrate your
analysis and observations.

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