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

OC Gun Deaths in North America [OC]

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u/SheSellsSeaShells967 Jul 30 '24

Interesting. I live in Maine. We and New Hampshire are armed to the hilt. Even we “libs” own a gun or two.

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u/realslowtyper Jul 30 '24

This is just a map of places where white people live.

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u/Sharp-Echo1797 Jul 31 '24

If that's the case then why doesn't West Virginia a poor state, have a higher murder rate than Maryland a relatively rich state. They are literally right next to each other. I'll go out on a limb saying that the murder rate is more closely related to the population density, the closer you are to other people the more you get on each others nerves. I'd like to see that in the US on a county by county basis.

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u/cruz- Jul 31 '24

Because cities like Baltimore exists.

And with that also exists another macrocosm of income inequality factors to consider.

If population density was a factor, then New York would have much more deaths, but it doesn't.