The following table provides statistics on injuries (U.S.

Census Bureau, 2010, p. 197). Study the table, then perform the following tasks:

a. Create two different graphics, each of which communicates information about the cost of lost wages and productivity.

b. Create two different graphics, each of which compares wage and productivity losses to the total of other losses due to unintentional injuries.

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Table 197. Costs of Unintentional Injuries: 2007 [684.4 represents $684,400,000,000. Covers costs of deaths or disabling Injuries together with vehicle accidents and fires] Amount (bil. dol.) Percent distribution Cost Motor Motor Total vehicle Work Home Other Total 1 vehicle Work Home Other Total. 684.4 257.7 Wage and productivity losses 344.4 88.5 175.3 164.7 84.1 104.4 108.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 71.1 50.3 34.3 48.0 63.4 65.7 Medical expense 134.0 38.5 35.3 38.1 24.3 19.6 14.9 20.1 23.1 22.4 Administrative expenses 129.2 86.1 40.4 8.3 8.1 18.9 33.4 23.0 5.0 7.5 Motor vehicle damage. 42.6 42.6 1.7 (NA) (NA) 6.2 16.5 1.0 (NA) (NA) Employer uninsured cost 19.5 Fire loss. 2.0 14.7 (NA) 10.4 4.8 2.6 2.8 0.8 5.9 2.9 2.4 3.4 9.1 2.2 2.1 (NA) 1.9 5.5 2.0 NA Not avallable. Excludes duplication between work and motor vehicle; $21.6 billion in 2007. 2 Actual loss of wages and household production, and the present value of future eamings lost. Home and other costs may include costs of administering medical treatment claims for some motor-vehicle injuries filed through health Insurance plans. Estimate of the uninsured costs incurred by employers, representing the money value of time lost by noninjured workers. Source: National Safety Counell, Itasca, IL, Injury Facts, annual (copyright): .