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| Information is Beautiful on how we die | Information is Beautiful on how we die |
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| What were the greatest causes of death in the 20th century, our "worst century"? War? Disease? Natural disasters? You might be surprised. | What were the greatest causes of death in the 20th century, our "worst century"? War? Disease? Natural disasters? You might be surprised. |
| We gathered and examined mortality data from around the world – from disease to murder to mudslides – then calculated and visualised what killed the most people. | We gathered and examined mortality data from around the world – from disease to murder to mudslides – then calculated and visualised what killed the most people. |
| The result was a 6m x 2m visualisation art-piece for the Wellcome Collection's free London exhibition,'Death: A Self-Portrait – The Richard Harris Collection'. Now released online for your morbid fascination. | The result was a 6m x 2m visualisation art-piece for the Wellcome Collection's free London exhibition,'Death: A Self-Portrait – The Richard Harris Collection'. Now released online for your morbid fascination. |
| Download a free hi-res PDF of this image | Download a free hi-res PDF of this image |
| The Data | The Data |
| See it all in this dataset: http://bit.ly/20thDeath. Data involves rounding, broad estimation and ball-park estimates. There is also some inevitable double-counting which we've marked on the dataset. We used a regression algorithm on some figures to roll back current mortality figures to the beginning of the 20th century. | See it all in this dataset: http://bit.ly/20thDeath. Data involves rounding, broad estimation and ball-park estimates. There is also some inevitable double-counting which we've marked on the dataset. We used a regression algorithm on some figures to roll back current mortality figures to the beginning of the 20th century. |
| Sources | Sources |
| WHO Mortality report (PDF) & app, WHO Global Burden of Disease (PDF), OECD Mortality Stats | WHO Mortality report (PDF) & app, WHO Global Burden of Disease (PDF), OECD Mortality Stats |
| Concept & design & research | Concept & design & research |
| David McCandless Lead researcher: Miriam Quick, Additional research: Ella Hollowood, Pearl Doughty White, Daniel Hampson, Andrew Key Regression algorithm: Laurin Janes Art direction: Kathryn Ariel Kay Additional design: Tatjana Dubovina, Piero Zagami, Peter Ayres, Paulo Estriga | David McCandless Lead researcher: Miriam Quick, Additional research: Ella Hollowood, Pearl Doughty White, Daniel Hampson, Andrew Key Regression algorithm: Laurin Janes Art direction: Kathryn Ariel Kay Additional design: Tatjana Dubovina, Piero Zagami, Peter Ayres, Paulo Estriga |
| About Us | About Us |
We are InformationIsBeautiful.net, dedicated to visualising information, ideas, stories and data. Twitter @infobeautiful. The updated 2nd Edition of our book of infographic exploria, is called Information Is Beautiful. (HarperCollins 2012). In the US, the book's called The Visual Miscellaneum . It's published in nine other languages. | We are InformationIsBeautiful.net, dedicated to visualising information, ideas, stories and data. Twitter @infobeautiful. The updated 2nd Edition of our book of infographic exploria, is called Information Is Beautiful. (HarperCollins 2012). In the US, the book's called The Visual Miscellaneum . It's published in nine other languages. |
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