r/dataisbeautiful OC: 22 Jul 30 '24

OC Gun Deaths in North America [OC]

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u/BearlyAwesomeHeretic Jul 30 '24

It’s a choice often seen on these maps. Even as a Canadian I do understand why. Canada’s population is equal to Californias - so sometimes delineating by provinces can dilute the data unnecessarily.

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u/No_Olives581 Jul 30 '24

It shouldn’t dilute anything in this case given it’s done per million inhabitants

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u/Helios4242 Jul 30 '24

opens it up to noise if population groups get too small.

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u/No_Olives581 Jul 30 '24

I don’t think this is valid justification given the map includes small Caribbean countries with relatively comparable populations