Graph description: Figure 18. Histogram of serum cholesterol in stroke patients, showing position of median and mean

A histogram of serum cholesterol: a graph where the horizontal axis is labeled serum cholesterol and numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and the vertical axis is labeled frequency and numbered 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25.

There are vertical bars with bases 3 to 4, 4 to 5, 5 to 6, 6 to 7, and so on, with heights 3, 11, 24, 20, 19, 5, 2, and 2.

The position of the median is shown at serum cholesterol = 6.15. The position of the mean is shown at serum cholesterol = 6.34.


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