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2 | What were the greatest causes of death in the 20th century, our "worst century"? | ||||
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4 | War? Disease? Natural disasters? | ||||
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6 | 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. | ||||
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8 | Our key sources were the World Health Organisation and the OECD | ||||
9 | and other secondary sources | ||||
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11 | Whever necessary we used a statistical regression algorithm which rolled established 21st century death rates back to the early 20th Century, adjusted for world population size and weighting for lifestyle changes and increases in lifespan. | ||||
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13 | Inevitably we had to make some ballpark guesses. There is also some inevitable double-counting and overlaps. (we've marked where these might be on the main sheet) | ||||
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15 | This is very much a living document so feel free to comment, correct & clarify. | ||||
16 | Email us at [email protected] | ||||
17 | Or comment on the blog: | ||||
18 | http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/20th-century-death/ | ||||
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20 | Thank you | ||||
21 | David McCandless | ||||
22 | Mar 2013 | ||||
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24 | Sheets in this document | ||||
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26 | Summary overview | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndDFON0Zidmh0ZHc1WGU4NHMzQ1AtMVE#gid=21 | |||
27 | Detailed breakdown | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndDFON0Zidmh0ZHc1WGU4NHMzQ1AtMVE#gid=8 | |||
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31 | credits | ||||
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33 | concept & design & research: David McCandless | http://www.davidmccandless.com | |||
34 | lead researcher: Miriam Quick | ||||
35 | additional research: Ella Hollowood, Dan Hampson, Pearl Doughty-White, Andrew Key | ||||
36 | regression algorithm: Laurin James | ||||
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38 | Created for the Wellcome Collection exhibition "Death - A Self Portrait", November 2013 | ||||
39 | http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/exhibitions/death-a-self-portrait.aspx | ||||
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