Statistical Map - Adult HIV Prevalence

http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/stats-on-human-rights/statistics-on-health/statistics-on-hivaids/

Statistical maps can analyze many different atmospheric parameters and can also run into multiple problems in trying to calculate and display this data.  This is where the Modifiable Areal Unity Problem (MAUP) comes into play.  Whenever we deal with social issues data is usually gathered by the governing body over a region.  There fore, the numbers are only reported over a certain region, which can be ANY size.  Therefore, it is often hard to say everything that needs to be said about the data when dealing with these problems.

In the above map, the prevalence in HIV AIDS in adults was calculated for every country in the world.  This amount was also normalized to the total population within that country and the resulting values were placed along a color scale ranging from green (relatively low) to red (relatively high).  It is obvious that the the countries in Southern Africa have a high rate of HIV among its adults, as does Russia as well.