bibliolater , 1 month ago to science

"Infant mortality rates have plummeted over the last 50 years.

Globally, they’ve fallen by over two-thirds, from around 10% in 1974 to less than 3% today.

The study’s researchers estimate that 40% of this decline is due to vaccines."

Hannah Ritchie (2024) - “Vaccines have saved 150 million children over the last 50 years” Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: 'https://ourworldindata.org/vaccines-children-saved' [Online Resource]

#Data #DataViz #Science #Health #Vaccines #Research @science

kris_inwood , 2 months ago to anthropology

Data infrastructure for Canada

Attractive new tool to map census data since 1951 at https://edumaps.esri.ca/census/
New polygon files for historic census data at
https://hgiscanada.usask.ca/download
And the historical census microdata are coming soon https://thecanadianpeoples.com

@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons #history #histodons #hgis #dataviz #Canada #census #glamsdons #data #database

kris_inwood , 7 months ago to sociology

Huge congratulations to Jeremy Foxcroft on his successful defence today of “Reconstructing Canadian Identities: Techniques and Strategies for Historical Record Linkage”, a qualifying exam for his PhD at the University of Guelph School of Computer Science!
https://www.uoguelph.ca/computing/system/files/SOCS_PhD_QE_Notice%20-%20Foxcroft%2C%20Jeremy.pdf

@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @anthropology @dh @seresearchers #machinelearning #dataviz #History #histodons #DataScience #census #Canada

LabPlot , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to science

Is there a causal relationship between electricity consumption and obesity, or is it just an illusory correlation❓

@science @dataisbeautiful @health

The plot and curve fitting made in @LabPlot, a FREE, open source Data Visualization and Analysis software. It works on #Windows, #Linux and #macOS.

➡️ https://labplot.kde.org/download

#Data compiled for 184 countries.

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #DataViz #Visualization #Obesity #Health #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Climate #Food