The bar chart and the table give us information about the amount of exercise hours in two departments and the amount of absenteeism of their workers.
Looking in more detail at the bar chart, it is clear that Birmingham department workers have more exercise hours per week than their pairs in the London department. Half of the workers in the Birmingham department have between 5 and 10 hours of exercise per week when compared to a little over 45% in the London department. In contrast, the London department has 25% of their employees doing exercise between 10 and 15 hours per week compared to the former one. Meanwhile, both departments have fewer than 5% of their workers who exercise more than 15 hours or less than 5 hours.
On the other hand, the table shows the amount of absenteeism in two departments during 2012. More people in the London department missed days’ work because of illness. The number of employees who missed 1–5 days and more than 5 days were 594 and 248, compared to 378 and 242 in the Birmingham department. Additionally, the total number of absenteeism was also higher (158 per thousand) in London than in Birmingham department.
Overall, it is evident that Birmingham workers have more hours of exercise and subsequently have less illness and absenteeism. It seems that there is a correlation between exercise and absenteeism.