200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes: Life expectancy vs. income

[Newsjock]

Run time: 04:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo   Posted on YouTube: November 26, 2010 By YouTube Member: BBC Views on YouTube: 783581   Posted on DU: December 09, 2010 By DU Member: Newsjock Views on DU: 552

 
More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wgq0l

In this spectacular section of 'The Joy of Stats' he tells the story of the world in 200 countries over 200 years using 120,000 numbers - in just four minutes. Plotting life expectancy against income for every country since 1810, Hans shows how the world we live in is radically different from the world most of us imagine.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. I watched this the other day. Spend 4 minutes with it.

It's just amazing that he makes the numbers come to life. You can see history happening.

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2. Needs to be re-run minus infant mortality

...not that infant mortality isn't important, but it skews life expectancy numbers.

Anyway, this was pretty neat. I'll have to look for that program on BBC America.

If you enjoyed it, you may also like informationisbeautiful.net

[pinto]

3. Just got this from a co-worker. Neat presentation.

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