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Unpacking a Complex Biological Infographic
How Do We Die?
What are We Most Likely to Die From
Hey, what could be more biologically interesting than knowing what sorts of things are killing us!
The infographic shown below and what I’m going to talk about was taken from “What’s Killing Us Now?” an article in Financial Times by John Burn-Murdoch and Chelsea Bruce-Lockheart.
And the infographic has a ton of great information!
Just a quick scan tells you that. In the article, they explain some of the information, give a few more pieces of data and tell you that Cancer and Coronary heart diseases have increased over the time period and Neonatal conditions have decreased.
But they don’t unpack the infographic for you. They just summarize some of the highlights and expect you to do the rest yourself.
If you’ve got a few moments, I’d like to help you get even more from it.
First, we need to understand the actual layout. It’s really just a variation on the simple graphs you saw in high school math. This variation is often called a Bubble plot or a…
