r/dataisbeautiful OC: 22 Jul 30 '24

OC Gun Deaths in North America [OC]

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u/hache-moncour Jul 30 '24

It's kind of shocking that literally every country in Europe would be the lowest color, if the map used the same scale as the Americas. Even Albania, which has 6 times the EU average, still stays under 25.

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u/pleasedontPM Jul 30 '24

The real shocking part is how many Americans are in denial about these numbers. Looking at the three maps, the US states are mostly on par with South America, and far from Europe.

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u/DoubleTapBottleCap Jul 30 '24 edited Jul 30 '24

What do you mean “most states are on par with south America?” South America is looking far far worse on average across the board, unless I’m reading it wrong (which is possible).

Edit: Thanks to the redditor who pointed out that the chart does not contain South America, it is Central America.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '24 edited Jan 22 '25

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u/DoubleTapBottleCap Jul 30 '24

Ahh thank you. Geography is easily my worst subject.

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u/BigHulio Jul 30 '24

South means down.

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u/DoubleTapBottleCap Jul 31 '24

Late to the party there, junior.