Rochelle Granados

HSCI 273
November 6, 2015

Excel Assignment #2
Pivot Tables
WHAT IS A PIVOT TABLE
A pivot table is a program tool in excel that allows you to reorganize and
summarize selected columns and rows of data in a spreadsheet or
database table to obtain a desired report. A pivot table doesn't actually
change the spreadsheet or database itself just allows the user to manipulate
the data in ways that they see fit.
For this assignment you will be learning how to download data off of public
health websites and enter that data into an excel spreadsheet. From there
you will be creating pivot table with the data and answering questions and
completing tasks with that table.
Task #1 4 points
For this task you need to access data from the CA Department of Public
Health and Human Services Open Data Portal. https://chhs.data.ca.gov/.
Once there select All data and then find the Datasets for West Nile Virus
Cases for 2006-present. You will want to Download (or Export) that data as
an xls file. Upon downloading this data you will open it in an excel file and
save it for manipulation. Once you have saved the data you will want to
create your pivot table.
To create your pivot table you must first select a box that is inside the data
set. Then go to the data tab and click on pivot table and create a manual
pivot table. In the Create a Pivot Table Wizard that comes up you will want to
choose a New worksheet as its location. From here you will have access to
the pivot table builder. This will allow you to set your columns rows and
values.
For your first pivot table use the county as the column and the year as the
row. Then include the positive cases within the values tab. Now you have
your first table. From here adjust the column labels to include only San
Bernardino, San Diego, Riverside, Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
Answer the following questions:
How many cases of West Nile did Orange county have in 2011
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Which county had the most number of cases between 20062015 Los Angeles County
Which county had the least number of cases between 20062015 San Diego County
Which year was West Nile least prevalent in all counties 2010
Which year did the West Nile epidemic peak in So Cal 2014

Take a screen shot of your pivot table and attach it below.

Task #2 6 points
For this task you need to access data from the CA Department of Public
Health and Human Services Open Data Portal. https://chhs.data.ca.gov/.
Once there select All data and then find the Datasets for Healthcare Facility
Bed Types and Counts on page 2 of the data. You will want to Download (or
Export) that data as an xls file. Upon downloading this data you will open it
in an excel file and save it for manipulation. Once you have saved the data
you will want to create your pivot table.
To create your pivot table you must first select a box that is inside the data
set. Then go to the data tab and click on pivot table and create a manual
pivot table. In the Create a Pivot Table Wizard that comes up you will want to
choose a New worksheet as its location. From here you will have access to
the pivot table builder. This will allow you to set your columns rows and
values.
For this pivot table use the county as the column and the Bed Capacity type
as the row. Then use Sum of Bed Capacity as the values tab.
Answer the following questions:

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Which county has the highest bed capacity total in CA Los

Angeles
Which county has the lowest bed capacity total in CA
Riverside
What is the most common bed capacity type on all of CA
Psychiatric Care

From here adjust the column labels to include only San Bernardino, San
Diego, Riverside, Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Then add Facility name
to the row tab.
Answer the following questions:
How many Acute Psychiatric Care beds does Loma Linda Univ.
Behavioral Medicine Center have? 71
What is the only county that has hospice beds and how many
are there? San Diego; 6
Which county has the most beds for Intensive Care Newborn
Nurseries? Los Angeles County
Which counties have no renal transplant beds? San Bernardino
County
Take a screen shot of your pivot table and attach it below.

Rochelle Granados
HSCI 273
November 6, 2015