A National Vital Statistics Report (www.cdc.gov/nchs/) provides information on deaths by age, sex, and race. Below are displays of the distributions of ages at death for White and Black males:

a) Describe the overall shapes of these distributions.
b) How do the distributions differ?
c) Look carefully at the bar definitions. Where do these plots violate the rules for statistical graphs?

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Under 1 year 1 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 29 30 to 34 35 to 39 40 to 44 45 to 49 50 to 54 55 to 59 60 to 64 65 to 69 70 to 74 75 to 79 80 to 84 85 and over 5 % of Total 10 White (%)