1.

AGE OF MALE AND FEMALE PARTICIPANTS

AGE OF MALE AND FEMALE PARTICIPANTS

114
107

MALE

FEMALE

43
36

GEND
ER

MALE

FEMALE

Cumulative
Cumulative
Frequency (f)
Frequency
Frequency
(F)
(F)
16-20
107
107
114
114
21-25
43
150
36
150
MODE: [16-20]
MODE: [16-20]
From the table above, the mode of the table is [16-20]. It is obvious that
most of the male and female participants are aged in between 16 to 20
and a slight of them who are aged in between 21-25. According to the
cumulative frequency (F) recorded above, both male and female
participants are equal, 150 male participants and 150 of female
participants. The total of the participants of both male and female are
300.
AGE

Frequency
(f)

2. Which organ infection causes hepatitis B?

A. Liver
B. Gall Bladder

C. Small Intestine
D. Pancreas

MALE

FEMALE

PANCREAS; 9%

PANCREAS;
1%3%
SMALL
INTESTINE;
GALL
BLADDER;
5%

SMALL INTESTINE ; 4%
GALL BLADDER; 3%

LIVER; 84%

LIVER; 91%

LIVER

GALL BLADDER

LIVER

GALL BLADDER

SMALL INTESTINE

PANCREAS

SMALL INTESTINE

PANCREAS

ORGAN INFECTION CAUSES HEPATITIS B

GENDER
ORGAN
LIVER
GALL
BLADDER
SMALL
INTESTINE
PANCREAS

MALE
Cumulative
Frequency
Frequency
(f)
(F)
126
126
5
131
6

137

13
150
MODE: LIVER

FEMALE
Cumulative
Frequency
Frequency
(f)
(F)
133
133
7
140
5

145

4
150
MODE: LIVER

Hepatitis B is a potentially life-threatening liver infection caused by the

hepatitis B virus. It is a major global health problem. It can cause chronic
infection and puts people at high risk of death from cirrhosis and liver
cancer. From the statistic above, it can be seen that most of the male and
female have answered correctly. However, the percentage of female
answered correctly is slightly higher compared to male. The percentage of
female answered correctly is 91% which is equivalent to 133 participants.
On the other hand, male who answered correctly is 84% which is

corresponding to 126 participants. This has shown that there is higher

percentage of female knows that Hepatitis B can lead to liver infection.

3. Which of the following is the symptom of Hepatitis B? (Answer

can be more than 1)

Abdominal pain
Nausea
Yellowing of skin and
eyes
Long term headache
Fever
Stomach-ache
Dark urine
Joint pain

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SYMPTOMS OF HEPATITIS B

Symptoms
Male

Gender

Abdominal
pain
Nausea
Yellowing
of skin and

MALE

Female

FEMALE

Frequen
cy (f)

Percenta
ge
(%)

Freque
ncy (f)

Percentag
e (%)

103

20.20

89

18.20

71
85

13.90
16.70

70
86

14.30
17.50

Not the
symptom
of
Hepatitis
B

eyes
Long term
headache
Fever
Stomachache
Dark urine
Joint pain

20

4.90

26

5.30

60
34

11.80
6.70

53
38

10.80
7.80

76
56

14.90
10.90

76
52

15.50
10.60

PARTICIPANTS THAT TICK THE NON-HEPATITIS B SYMPTOMS.

STOMA CH-ACHE

FEMALE; 53%
MALE; 47%

MALE

FEMALE

LONG TER M HEA DACHE

Male; 43%

Female; 57%

Male

Female

According to the pie chart above, long term headache and stomach-ache
are not the symptoms of Hepatitis B. From chart (A), 57% of female has
chosen this answer, whereby there is 43% of male chose this answer.
From chat (B), 53% of female has chosen stomach-ache as one of the
symptoms of Hepatitis B. Thus, it can be seen that there is a higher
percentage of female do not know that stomach-ache and long term
headache are not the symptoms of Hepatitis B.

4. Hepatitis B is NOT transmitted from:

A. Contact with wounds and skin sores
B. Through blood or body fluid
C. Unprotected sex with a person infected with HBV
D. Sharing food, drinks or eating utensils

FEMALE

A; 15%
B; 10%
D; 52%

MALE

A; 17%

C
D

B; 9%
D; 59%

C; 23%

GENDER
ANSWER
A
B
C
D

MALE
Cumulative
Frequency
Frequency
(f)
(F)
25
25
14
39
23
62
88
150
MODE: D

C
D

C; 15%

FEMALE
Cumulative
Frequency
Frequency
(f)
(F)
23
23
15
38
34
72
78
150
MODE: D

Hepatitis B virus is not spread by sharing eating utensils, breastfeeding,

hugging, kissing, holding hands, coughing, or sneezing. According to the
pie chart above, it was found that the percentage of male answered
correctly is more than female. The percentage of male who answer
correctly is 59% which equals to 88 participants, whereby female is 52%
which equals to 78 participants. In this statistic, it is shown that male has
more understanding about the transmission of Hepatitis B compared to
female.

5. Which of the following can prevent hepatitis B transmission?

A. Wash hands often
B. Avoid eating raw foods

C. Avoid kissing a person infected with hepatitis B

D. Receive the hepatitis B vaccine if not already infected

PREVENTION OF THE TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS B

C
MALE

GENDE
R

A
B
C
D

FEMALE

MALE

Frequen
cy (f)

13
25
20
100

Cumulati Percentag
ve
e
Frequenc
(%)
y (F)
13
9
38
17
58
13
150
61
MODE: D

FEMALE

Frequenc
y (f)

13
27
20
82

Cumulati
ve
Frequenc
y (F)
13
40
60
150
MODE: D

Percenta
ge(%)

9
18
13
60

The best way to prevent hepatitis B is to be vaccinated. The Hepatitis B

vaccine is safe and effective and is usually given as 3-4 shots over a 6month period. According to the bar chat, it can be observed that all of the
answer have almost equal number of male and female participants chose.
The correct answer in this question is D, this is observed from the
percentage calculated in the table. There are 100 of male participants and
82 of female participants answered correctly. In this case, it is conclude
that there are more male participants understand more about the
prevention of Hepatitis B.

6. What of the following is the best proven method to CURE

hepatitis B?
A. Hepatitis B vaccine
medicine
B. Western medicine

C. Traditional Asian
D. No cure

BEST PROVEN METHOD TO CURE HEPATITIS B

90

88

40

35

23
12

MALE

GENDER
ORGAN
HEPATITIS B
VACCINE
WESTERN
MEDICINE
TRADITIONAL
ASIAN
MEDICINE
NO CURE

FEMALE

MALE

FEMALE

Frequency
(f)

Percentage
(%)

Frequency
(f)

Percentage
(%)

90

60

88

59

12

23

15

40

27

35

23

MODE: HEPATITIS B
VACCINE

MODE: HEPATITIS B
VACCINE

60% of male and 59% of female are choosing hepatitis B vaccine as the
best proven method to cure hepatitis B but actually Hepatitis B is no way
to cure. It shows that most of the people thinks that Hepatitis B Vaccine
can cure Hepatitis B disease. In fact, only 27% of male and 23% of female
answer correctly which is not more than half of them. Other than that,

27% of male know more about the method to cure hepatitis B than female
which is only 23% of them.

7. Which of the following is the ONLY way to diagnose chronic

hepatitis B?
A. Urine test
B. Saliva test

C. Blood test
D. Liver function test

FEMALE

MALE
15%

26%

3%

16%

31%

2%

55%

51%

URINE TEST

URINE TEST

SALIVA TEST

SALIVA TEST

BLOOD TEST

BLOOD TEST

LIVER FUNCTION TEST

LIVER FUNCTION TEST

WAY TO DIAGNOSE CHRONIC

HEPATITIS B
GENDER
ANSWER
URINE TEST
SALIVA TEST
BLOOD TEST
LIVER
FUNCTION
TEST

MALE
Cumulative
Frequency
Frequency
(f)
(F)
23
23
5
28
83
111
39

150

MODE: BLOOD TEST

FEMALE
Cumulative
Frequency
Frequency
(f)
(F)
24
24
3
27
77
104
46

150

MODE: BLOOD TEST

Based on the pie chart and the data given, it shows that male has a higher
mode frequency
than female which is 83 and 77. This shows that,
male knows more about the way to diagnose chronic hepatitis B compared
to female.

8. Will hepatitis B vaccination protect us from hepatitis A or

hepatitis C?
A. Yes

B. No

HEPATITIS B VACCINATION PROTECT US FROM HEPATITIS A OR HEPATITIS C

121

FEMALE

MALE

29

126
24

YES

GENDER

NO

MALE

FEMALE

Frequency (f)

Frequency
(f)

Percentage
(%)

Frequency
(f)

Percentage
(%)

YES

24

16

29

19

NO

126

84

121

81

MODE: NO
MODE: NO
Based on the horizontal bar chart shown, male got the correct answer
more than the female students although majority on both the gender

ticked the wrong answer. This shows that male more understand that
hepatitis B vaccination will not protect us from hepatitis A and hepatitis C.

9. Who is NOT at increased risk of hepatitis B infection?

A. Men who have sex with men
B. People with low calcium
infection

C. People with diabetes

D. People infected with HIV

PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AT INCREASED RISK OF

HEPATITIS B INFECTION

FEMALE
19%

20%

20%
41%

MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN

PEOPLE WITH LOW CALCIUM
PEOPLE WITH DIABETES
PEOPLE INFECTED WITH HIV INFECTION

MALE
11%
28%
17%

44%

MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN

PEOPLE WITH LOW CALCIUM
PEOPLE WITH DIABETES
PEOPLE INFECTED WITH HIV INFECTION

GENDER
ANSWER
MEN WHO
HAVE SEX
WITH MEN
PEOPLE WITH
LOW CALCIUM

MALE
Cumulative
Frequency
Frequency
(f)
(F)

FEMALE
Cumulative
Frequency
Frequency
(f)
(F)

42

42

30

30

66

108

61

91

PEOPLE WITH
DIABETES
PEOPLE
INFECTED
WITH HIV
INFECTION

26

134

30

121

16

150

29

150

MODE: PEOPLE WITH

LOW CALCIUM

MODE: PEOPLE WITH

LOW
CALCIUM

The mode for this question is people with low calcium which means that
there are more people who ticked this answer. The difference between
male and female who ticked the correct answer is 66 and 61 which makes
the difference of 5. Thus, this can show that male understands more than
female that people with low calcium is not at increased risk of hepatitis B
infection.

10. Can you get hepatitis B more than once?

A. Yes

B. No

FEMALE

MALE

YES; 43%

YES; 44%
NO; 56%

YES

NO; 57%

NO

YES

NO

CAN
HEPATITIS B GET MORE THAN ONCE?

57 % of the male answers the correct answer while the percentage of

females correct answer was slightly lower than male which is 56 %. But,
the percentage of them are just slightly different only.

GENDER
GENDER
ANSWER
ANSWER

MALE
FEMALE
MALE
FEMALE
Cumulative
Cumulative
Frequency
Frequency
Frequency Percentage(
Frequency
Percentage(
Frequency
Frequency
(f)
(f)
(f)
%)
(f)
%)
(F)
(F)
TRUE
35
23
36
24
YES
65
65
66
66
11.
FALSE
115
77
114
76
NO
85
150
84
150
MODE:
FALSE
MODE:
FALSE
MODE:
NO
MODE:
NO
Chronic hepatitis B patient with no symptoms should not worry
about their liver damage?
A. True

B. False

TIS B PATIENT WITH NO SYMPTOMS SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT THEIR LIV
150
135
115

120

114

105
90

FREQUENCY

75
60
45

35

36

30
15
0
MALE

FEMALE

Based on the bar chart, it has shown that the frequency of both genders
answered the correct answers are almost the same frequency, but, in the
data given, there are a slightly difference between male and female
student by 1 person. Thus, it is understood that the knowledge of male

and female on the chronic hepatitis B with no symptoms should not worry
about their liver damage are the same.

12. Is hepatitis B a sexually transmitted disease?

GENDER
ANSWER
NO
YES

MALE
Frequency
(f)
79
71

FEMALE

Percentage(
%)
53
47

MODE: NO

Frequency
(f)
72
78

Percentage(
%)
48
52

A.
Yes

B.
No

MODE: YES

IS HEPATITIS B A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE ?

79
72

71
78

FEMALE

MALE

Based on the bar chart, the frequency of male that answered correctly
which is A is 47% which equals to 71 participants, while, on the other
hand, the percentage of female who answered correctly is 52% which is
also equivalent to 78 of them. This shows that majority of the female
knows that hepatitis B can be sexually transmitted.

13. How many shots does the hepatitis B vaccine entail?

A. 1 dose

B. 2 doses C. 3 doses D. 4 doses

GENDER
ANSWER

MALE

1 DOSE
2 DOSES

Frequency
(f)
36
53

3 DOSES
4 DOSES

45
16

FEMALE

Percentage
(%)
24
53
30
11

Frequency
(f)
30
46

Percentage
(%)
20
31

60
14

40
9

MODE: 2 DOSES

MODE: 3 DOSES

HOW MANY SHOTS DOES THE HEPATITIS B VACCINE ENTAIL?

3 DOSES; 60

2 DOSES; 53
2 DOSES; 46

3 DOSES; 45

1 DOSE; 36
1 DOSE; 30

4 DOSES; 16
4 DOSES; 14

MALE

FEMALE

From the line graph given, it is very obvious that female answered more
on choice C whereas male answered more on choice B. The answer for the

question is C, 3 doses which makes the female with answer C to answer it

correctly and dominate among all the answers given. Thus, this has shown
that female knows the exact number of shots that the hepatitis B vaccine
entail compared to male.

14. Can pregnant lady get the hepatitis B vaccine?

A. Yes

B. No

FEMALE

MALE

45

46
55

YES

NO

54

YES

NO

N PREGNANT LADY GET THE HEPATITIS B VACCINE?

GEND
ER

MALE

CA

FEMALE

Cumulativ
Cumulativ
Frequency
e
e
(f)
frequency
frequency
(F)
(F)
YES
83
83
69
69
NO
67
150
81
150
MODE: YES
MODE: NO
The frequency of male that answered correctly which is A is 55% which
equals to 83 participants, while, on the other hand, the percentage of
female who answered correctly is 46 % which is also equivalent to 69 of
ANSWER

Frequency
(f)

them. This shows that majority of the male knows that pregnant lady can
get hepatitis B vaccine compared to female.

15. Hepatitis B cannot be spread through breast feeding. Then,

can hepatitis B spread during or after delivery?
A. Yes

B. No

FEMALE

MALE

B; 31%

NO; 41%
YES; 59%

A; 69%

YES

NO

N HEPATITIS B SPREAD DURING OR AFTER DELIVERY?

CA
GEND
ER

MALE

FEMALE

Cumulativ
Cumulative The
Frequency
e
frequency
(f)
frequency
(F)
(F)
YES
103
103
89
89
NO
47
150
61
150
MODE: YES
MODE: YES
frequency of male that answered correctly which is A is 69% which equals
to 103 participants, while, on the other hand, the percentage of female
who answered correctly is 59 % which is also equivalent to 89 of them.
This shows that although both majority of both gender answered the
correct answer but male understands more than female that Hepatitis B
can be spread during or after delivery.

ANSWER

Frequency
(f)

16. Does babies need the hepatitis B vaccine even if a pregnant

woman does not have hepatitis B?
A. Yes

B. No

DOES BABIES NEED THE HEPATITIS B VACCINE EVEN IF A

PREGNANT WOMAN DOES NOT HAVE HEPATITIS B?
MALE

FEMALE

NO; 21%

NO; 23%

YES; 77%

YES

GENDER

NO

YES; 79%

YES

NO

MALE
FEMALE
Cumulative
ANSWER
Frequency Cumulativ
Frequency
The
e
frequency
(f)
(f)
frequency
(F)
(F)
YES
116
116
119
119
NO
34
150
31
150
MODE: YES
MODE:YES
frequency of male that answered correctly which is A is 77% which equals
to 116 participants, while, on the other hand, the percentage of female
who answered correctly is 79 % which is also equivalent to 119 of them.
This shows that although both majority of both gender answered the
correct answer but the female understands more than male that babies
need Hepatitis B vaccine even if a pregnant woman does not have
Hepatitis B.

TOTAL UNDERSTANDING OF HEPATITIS B BETWEEN MALE

AND FEMALE
TOTAL UNDERSTANDING OF HEPATITIS B BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE

MALE

FEMALE

FREQUENCY
MARKS
1-4
5-8
9-12
13-16
17-20

MALE
2
21
76
44
7
MODE: [9-12]

FEMALE
2
32
72
40
4
MODE: [9-12]

Mean for Male :

( 2.5 x 2 )+ ( 6.5 x 21 )+ ( 10.5 x 76 ) + ( 14.5 x 44 ) +(18.5 x 7)

150

= 11.38

Mean for Female :

( 2.5 x 2 )+ ( 6.5 x 32 )+ ( 10.5 x 72 )+ (14.5 x 40 ) +(18.5 x 4)

150

= 10.82

The mean for male and female are 11.38 and 10.82 (respectively). Thus
we can conclude that male understands more than female on Hepatitis B
because most of the questions that male answered are correct compared
to female. Not only that, this can be shown because for general
knowledge, the risk and also the pregnancy symptoms and also
pregnancy dose where male corrects more than female.