#1950: Chicken Pox and Name Statistics explain

[The first panel shows graph with only the x-axis labeled and with seven labeled ticks. The y-axis has three ticks with percentage labels. A red line rises from bottom to top as it goes from left to right. There is an arrow pointing at the graph with a label. Above the left part of the red line there is a title and beneath that a reference to the source of the data in gray font.]

[According to the graph, the percentage is close to 0 for ages below 15 and close to 100 for ages above 30.]

Fraction of kids your age who got chicken pox

(Very rough US estimates based on DOI:10.15585/mmwr.mm6534a4 and DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.05.050)

100%

50%

Your age: 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

Vaccine introduced in 1995

[The second panel shows a graph with only the x-axis labeled and with seven labeled ticks. The graph has six gray lines with labels on them. To the right is a title and beneath that a reference to the source of the data in gray font.]

[According to the graphs, Sarah and Brian are more popular names for older age groups.]

Relative popularity of several names in your age group

(Source: ssa.gov)

Harper

Sarah

Jaxon

Brian

Brooklyn

Logan

Your age: 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

[The third panel shows a list of names with a percentage next to them. Above the list is a title and beneath that a statement in gray font:]

Chicken pox incidence by name:

(Very rough estimate)

Brian: 75%

Sarah: 60%

Logan: 20%

Brooklyn: 10%

Jaxon: 4%

Harper: 2%

[Caption below the panels:]

Fun Fact: People named “Sarah” and “Brian” think chicken pox is normal and common, and people named “Logan” and “Harper” do not.