The chart and table give us information about the hours of exercise per week and the days off due to illness in two departments in 2012.
The Birmingham department employees do more hours of exercise than the London Department. In 2012, 50% and 35% of employees in the Birmingham department exercised between a minimum of 5 hours and a maximum of 15 hours, while only 25% and 10% did less than 5 hours and more than 15 hours respectively. Conversely, in the London department, 35% exercised less than 5 hours and around 50% between 5 hours and 10 hours. The percentage combined of employees who did between 10 hours and 15 hours and more than 15 hours was less than 15%.
The table shows that 158 per 1,000 individuals in the London department did not attend work because of illness compared to 380 in Birmingham. The number was also significantly higher; 594 in London compared to 378 among employees who took between 1–5 days off. However, days off of more than 5 days were roughly similar between the two departments.
Overall, the London department staff did fewer hours of exercise and had more health – related issues. It seems that the number of hours of exercise has a negative correlation with health issues.