mortality

Movie runtimes framed by life expectancy

Infographics / humor, Michael Condouris, mortality

Memento Movi, a mini-app by Michael Condouris, is what you get when you…
Rise in drug overdose deaths, led by fentanyl

Statistical Visualization / drugs, fentanyl, mortality, New York Times, overdose

Deaths by drug overdose in the United States increased sharply over the past…
Rise in prison death rates during the pandemic

Statistical Visualization / Marshall Project, mortality, pandemic

The Marshall Project highlights research on excess mortality in U.S. prisons:
The slowdown…
Most Common Causes of Death, by Age

Data Underload / mortality

This is how the most common causes have changed over time for people aged 0 to 85.
Tree rings to compare life expectancy in your state

Infographics / mortality, Washington Post

The Washington Post goes with a tree ring metaphor to compare life expectancy…
How Cause of Death Shifted with Age and Time in America

Data Underload / mortality

As we get older, our life expectancy declines. But when and how quickly the decline happens and how it happens has changed over the years.
Shifting causes of death over the decades

Statistical Visualization / age, mortality, Our World in Data

Saloni Dattani, for Our World in Data, used a set of heatmaps to…
Increasing alcohol-related deaths

Maps / alcohol, mortality, Washington Post

Alcohol consumption, based on ethanol volume estimates, has been rising over the past…
Full scope of gun deaths in the U.S.

Statistical Visualization / guns, law, mortality, Washington Post

As I’m sure you know, mass shootings, which gain attention because the scale…
Deaths by Firearm, Compared Against Injury-Related Deaths

Data Underload / firearms, mortality

Among 1- to 19-year-olds, regulations decreased motor vehicle deaths, but deaths by firearms increased and became the leading mechanism in 2018.
Lives cut short by Covid

Infographics / coronavirus, mortality, Washington Post

Alyssa Fowers and Leslie Shapiro, for The Washington Post, used the stories of…
Behind the million

Infographics / coronavirus, mortality, scale, Washington Post

Sergio Peçanha and Yan Wu, for The Washington Post, used a combination unit…
Reaching 1 million deaths

Infographics / coronavirus, mortality, New York Times

The New York Times narrated the path to one million Covid deaths in…
Scale of one million deaths

Infographics / Axios, coronavirus, mortality, scale

The United States is about to reach one million confirmed Covid deaths, or…
Increasing mortality baseline

Statistics / Atlantic, baseline, coronavirus, mortality

There was a time not that long ago when a hundred covid deaths…
When There Were More Deaths Than Births in the U.S.

Statistical Atlas / birth, mortality

The two counts have been getting closer to each other. The past couple of years accelerated the process.
Death rates by vaccination booster status

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, mortality, Our World in Data, vaccination

Our World in Data continues their important work on providing and showing up-to-date…
Clock shows percentage of life lived so far

Data Art / clock, Dries Depoorter, mortality

Shortlife is a clock by artist Dries Depoorter that simply shows the percentage…
Increased maternal death in the United States

Statistical Visualization / birth, mortality, New York Times

While still relatively rare, maternal mortality in the United States increased over the…
Americans are dying too much

Statistics / Atlantic, Derek Thompson, mortality

Derek Thompson for The Atlantic highlights recent research comparing mortality in America against…

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