The last of the four visualization I found on The World Almanac 2007 is related to Gun Deaths in America.
The visualization is certainly on an important topic and I find it eye catching. Unfortunately, I believe the techniques obscure the data. Each bullet represents 40 deaths. There are many alternate graphical representations that could have conveyed more information. I had to work too hard with this visualization to extract meaning. What do you think?
Click here for the World Almanac post. The New York Times article is here.
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“I had to work too hard with this visualization to extract meaning.”
It seems to me one meaning almost immediately jumps off the page — guns don’t kill people, guns help adult white males kill themselves. It’s surprising to me that this is what overwhelms the whole chart.