Table of Contents
Introduction
Project History and Research Methodology
Digital Talking Books
Guidelines for Describing STEM Images
Bar Charts
Line Graphs
Venn Diagrams
Scatter Plots
Tables
Pie Charts
Basic Flow Chart
Example H: Standard Diagrams and Illustrations
Example I: Complex Diagrams and Illustrations
Math Equations
Resources
Acknowledgements
Training Events
Simple Table
Guidelines:
- Tables should be presented as properly marked-up HTML tables, providing independent access to the data.
- In this case, the caption and the question are included in the description.
- Describing the table itself would be unnecessarily repetitive.
Description:
A student conducted a probability simulation by rolling a number cube that has each face marked with a number from 1 to 6. The results of his simulation are given in the table below:
| Numbers Showing | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Times Rolled | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6 |
Question: Based on the data shown in the table, what is the probability of rolling a number greater than 3?
Guidelines:
- While this table is complex with several layers of headings, it can be broken into three separate tables under the headings: Motor vehicle traffic, Firearm suicide and Firearm homicides.
- Providing three separate tables will aid in navigation and comprehension.
- The table includes two reference notations: a hyphen representing Quantity zero and a superscript one indicating that SE stands for standard error. To avoid confusion in the tables below, the superscript one and the hyphen were simply replaced with the words "Quantity zero" and "standard error." This is an example of providing greater clarity as opposed to mimicking the exact visuals of the table.
- If desirable, this complex table may also be replicated exactly through proper HTML coding.
Description:
Figure 9 is a table titled: Average annual weighted number of deaths and percent distribution of deaths by body region of injury, for motor vehicle traffic accidents, firearm suicides, and firearm homicides: United States 2003-2004.
For better navigation, the table has been separated into three tables.
Motor vehicle traffic
| Body region | Number of deaths | Percent distribution | Standard Error (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 43,386 | 100.0 | Quantity zero |
| Head and neck | 13,862 | 32.0 | 0.3 |
| Torso | 7,382 | 17.0 | 0.3 |
| Other specified | 911 | 2.1 | 0.3 |
| Spine, upper back | 492 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| Extremities | 410 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Unclassifiable by body region | 14,691 | 33.9 | 0.3 |
| Unspecified | 6,540 | 15.1 | 0.3 |
Firearm suicide
| Body region | Number of deaths | Percent distribution | Standard Error (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 16,829 | 100.0 | Quantity zero |
| Head and neck | 12,428 | 73.9 | 0.3 |
| Torso | 2,211 | 13.1 | 0.5 |
| Other specified | 28 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Spine, upper back | 13 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Extremities | 14 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Unclassifiable by body region | 67 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Unspecified | 2,094 | 12.4 | 0.5 |
Firearm homicide
| Body region | Number of deaths | Percent distribution | Standard Error (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 11,772 | 100.0 | Quantity zero |
| Head and neck | 3,714 | 31.5 | 0.5 |
| Torso | 4,005 | 34.0 | 0.5 |
| Other specified | 397 | 3.4 | 0.6 |
| Spine, upper back | 33 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Extremities | 363 | 3.1 | 0.6 |
| Unclassifiable by body region | 2,685 | 22.8 | 0.6 |
| Unspecified | 972 | 8.3 | 0.6 |
NOTE: See Appendix I, NVSS, Mortality Statistics for description of data sources and Appendix II, Multiple-cause-of-death data and injury diagnoses, for method to calculate annual weighted number of deaths; Standard error. See Tables III and IV for classification codes.
SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System.
Funding for this project is provided by the National Science Foundation.
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