EAP Term 2 2024

Juvenile delinquency is a topic of widespread concern  in the world. Many people believe that it Is getting worse. Is it true? Not necessarily. The following graphs and charts  describe the trend of j uvenile delinquency in New Zealand , and the data are provided by Ministry of Justice  of NZ .     The graph upper shows the overall offending rates for children aged 10 to 13 decreased from 178 to 66 per 10,000 population between 2011/12 and 2021/12. While the graph lower shows the overall offending rates for children aged 14 to 17 reduced from 624 to 224 per 10,000 population over the same period. As can be seen from the two graphs, the offending rate for Maori is higher than the overall offending rate, the offending rate for European/other is the lowest.         The upper pie chart shows that the percentage of children who offend, aged 10 to 13,  by offence division in New Zealand in 2021 and 2022. The lower pie chart shows that children...

It is well-known that smoking causes damaging effects to our health such as lung cancer, diabetes, heart disease, anxiety, ... However, smoking trend has been decreasing, which is a positive aspect. This blog will show the worldwide smoking trend considered by areas, age groups, and genders.   By gender     Graph : “Prevalence of tobacco smoking among those aged 15 years and older worldwide from 2000 to 2025, by sex” publis hed by John Elflein on Statista on Jan 25, 2024 https://www.statista.com/statistics/937314/tobacco-smoking-prevalence-globally-by-gender/     In general, men are comm only believed to smoke more than women. According to the graph, overall, from 2000 to 2025 , in both genders , there is a gradual decrease in smoking trend . In men, the smoking rate has de clined from 43.5% in 2000 to 26.4% in 2025. In women, the trend was 10.4% in 2000 then drop to 4.5% in 2025. Moreover , the difference of smoking rate in men and women is considerable . ...