http://flowingdata.com/2010/07/26/exploration-of-our-aging-world/ Strength in Numbers Thu, 24 May 2012 15:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://flowingdata.com/2010/07/26/exploration-of-our-aging-world/#comment-47527 Elaine Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:44:32 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=10151#comment-47527 I'm surprised it only shows high-income countries. I make charts like this all the time for developing countries and the picture is very, very different. Some countries have huge dependent (young and old) populations supported by tiny AIDS-decimated workforces, and others have low life expectancies and millions of babies. The ones that strike me most are those where the changes are sudden. While an aging population in these rich countries is interesting, it doesn't feel as important as what the same implementation would show for poor ones. I’m surprised it only shows high-income countries. I make charts like this all the time for developing countries and the picture is very, very different. Some countries have huge dependent (young and old) populations supported by tiny AIDS-decimated workforces, and others have low life expectancies and millions of babies. The ones that strike me most are those where the changes are sudden. While an aging population in these rich countries is interesting, it doesn’t feel as important as what the same implementation would show for poor ones.

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2010/07/26/exploration-of-our-aging-world/#comment-47522 Clay Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:42:35 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=10151#comment-47522 This is an interesting project but it shocked me that aesthetics trumped convention in the projection of the population pyramids. The bottom half of each looks more like a reflection of the top than the distribution of females. Population pyramids typically are vertically oriented and have static indicators of age groups, along with the percentages that they represent. They are easier to interpret that way. Here's are a few examples: http://lifeasclay.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/dc-as-seen-through-population-pyramids/ This is an interesting project but it shocked me that aesthetics trumped convention in the projection of the population pyramids. The bottom half of each looks more like a reflection of the top than the distribution of females. Population pyramids typically are vertically oriented and have static indicators of age groups, along with the percentages that they represent. They are easier to interpret that way. Here’s are a few examples:
http://lifeasclay.wordpress.co.....-pyramids/

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