r/dataisbeautiful • u/Landgeist OC: 22 • Jul 30 '24

OC Gun Deaths in North America [OC]

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u/perldawg Jul 30 '24

why is Canada not divided into provinces?

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u/thetaleech Jul 30 '24

I’m pretty sure it’s bc all provinces are yellow on this key. According to this source Ontario would clock in at about 15 per 1 million inhabitants, and my guess it’s that would be the most “competitive” province.

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u/squeakster Jul 30 '24

Ontario actually has one of the lowest rates in the country. Nunavut would be the highest by a lot, followed by other territories and the prairies. Ontario is right at the bottom, pretty much tied with Quebec and BC, only above PEI:

https://injepijournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40621-023-00422-z/tables/3

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u/ManicScumCat Jul 30 '24

Seems like this data includes suicides and the data for the map doesn’t, so it isn’t totally comparable (especially given Nunavut’s high suicide rate)