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mortality data visualization
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
3 positive, 37 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 42 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fascinating tool that reveals interesting contrasts and patterns
From 2 comments
This is a fascinating tool you've put together. One can look at all sorts of interesting contrasts and/or patterns from it. One that I found interesting is that Washington and…
pawn on HNI always realy like these kind of data. Not in a morbid sense but just to see the real data instead of marketing driven FUD. Another thought that I always have seeing data like…
LionRoar on HN
Objections
Age adjustment and lack of age breakdown make the data less informative
From 1 comment
How does mortality data account for age? Given heart disease, cancer, and respiratory diseases were the top three causes of death in 2010, if in 2060 the average life span were…
nhebb on HN
Sluggish performance in Firefox
From 1 comment
This is absolutely sluggish in firefox 24, but runs like butter in chrome. Does anyone have a similar experience? It looks like New Yorkers look both way when they cross the…
0003 on HN
State names on hover would help
From 1 comment
state names on hover would be helpful
redemade on HN
Requests
Overlay with poverty, education, and other contextual data
From 2 comments
How would those look overlaid with poverty/education? Are poor eating habits and smoking significant factors in heart disease and cancer overall?
prawn on HNI would love to do some overlays to put it in the context of other data. Something more granular would of course be nice too. Hopefully I'll find more data sets that I can plug in.
matthewisabel on HN
Time-trend display of mortality data
From 2 comments
I thought that this would be a time-trend display, like the one shared a while ago by another HN participant from Scientific American:…
tokenadult on HNOnce I get that data I'll be all over. I definitely think this data (and something more granular) is particularly fascinating when considered over time.
matthewisabel on HN
Include Washington DC data
From 1 comment
How did you incorporate data from Washington DC into this? I can almost guarantee that the reason Maryland has such a high rate on the HIV/AIDS chart is because of the District,…
dead_phish on HN
World map version
From 1 comment
Neat. A world map would be interesting, even if the data isn't as readily available.
ballard on HN
Questions
Why are Alzheimer's rates high in Washington state?
From 2 comments
Why is there such a high rate of Alzheimer in Washington state? There may be something to discover there related to its causes.
ekianjo on HNIt does seem like quite an outlier. I found another article that mentions it and splits it by county.…
matthewisabel on HN
Why is suicide high in the mountain West and Alaska?
From 3 comments
What would be behind the suicide strip just in from the West coast? Struggling farmers? (I'm not from the US, so not overly familiar with all the states and what they're known…
prawn on HNAvailability of means to take one's life surely matters too in those states with higher suicide rates. The intermountain west is a place where everyone has access to firearms. In…
tokenadult on HNIn Alaska, there are a number of factors that contribute to a high suicide rate. The time of contact between Alaska Natives and others was much more recent in Alaska than…
japhyr on HN
How does mortality data account for age?
From 2 comments
How does mortality data account for age? Given heart disease, cancer, and respiratory diseases were the top three causes of death in 2010, if in 2060 the average life span were…
nhebb on HNOn page 110 of the CDC's PDF the formula for computing age-adjustment is discussed. You'll also find the original data there where you can look column-by-column and see the…
matthewisabel on HN