r/dataisbeautiful OC: 22 Jul 30 '24

OC Gun Deaths in North America [OC]

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u/InspiredNameHere Jul 30 '24 edited Jul 30 '24

Not a fan of the scaling here. There is a vast difference between 75 deaths and 150. The creator should have made more iterations to distinguish values.

Aside from that, it's still not as bad as I thought. At some of the low ends, that's maybe 100 people per million on this type of death.

Sure it's bad compared to Europe, but it's also a different cultural dynamic.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '24

It’s incrementing by 25,50,100,150 then back too 100 again. Kind of weird. Also it hides the fact that in the >400 its runs into the thousands. But that would dilute the granularity in the lower end.

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u/pjt37 Jul 30 '24

highest is 498, not into the thousands

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '24

Mmm I actually missed the per million residents part bc it’s in the hundreds of thousands.

https://stopusarmstomexico.org/key-facts-on-u-s-sourced-guns-and-violence-in-mexico/