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Alaina Wiggins 10-17-16 Environmental Studies Discussion Post- Gapminder Cervical Cancer Using Gapminder, I was specifically interested with the data that I found from the study on "Cervix Cancer, Number of Female Deaths." Based on the data, I hypothesize that the more extreme ratio of high population to lower health care, and worse working conditions that a country provides for it's citizens, the higher rates of women's cervical cancer deaths will occur. After analyzing the data, I found that the two leading countries with the highest cervical cancer deaths are India, with 74,118 and China, with 25,456. These are both ludicrously high and the next closest one after these two is Brazil with 8,286, which is a huge gap between China and India. Both China and India are perfect examples of the large, under-developed countries where disease would be easily spread. Working conditions and health care plays into these rates because sweatshop working conditions are still present in these countries. In sweatshops, fair pay is rarely distributed, let alone healthcare. This leads to spikes in cancer rates because women, in this case, cannot afford to be treated. Also, if regular checkups is not a norm in the culture/ they cannot afford them, these women possibly didn't even know they had cervical cancer because it can lay dormant for years. China is responsible for 20% of the whole worlds cervical cancer cases. This fact really resonated with me and also supported my hypothesis because china is so large, however clearly not developed as much as they need to be with screenings, and medical attention opportunities. China and India support my statement because they both have extremely high populations for their level of development. https://www.gapminder.org/data/...