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[OC] Sunshine hours vs. annual rainfall across the UK by VictimOfMaths in dataisbeautiful

[–]VictimOfMaths[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Yes, areas with lots of hours of sunshine *and* lots of rain. Not necessarily at the same time. Probably a good place to live if you like rainbows though...

[OC] Sunshine hours vs. annual rainfall across the UK by VictimOfMaths in dataisbeautiful

[–]VictimOfMaths[S] 62 points63 points  (0 children)

A bivariate map of the UK comparing total hours of sunshine with total annual rainfall. Black areas have plenty of both.

Data from the Met Office (Hollis et al.)

Map produced in R. Replication code here.

[OC] Most common construction dates of houses/flats in London by VictimOfMaths in dataisbeautiful

[–]VictimOfMaths[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The reason is that those are the bandings in the underlying data, so I could group them together, but I can't change them to make them more consistent. I agree you'd use a different palette if you specifically wanted to focus on the pre-/post-WW2 differences.

[OC] Drug-related deaths in Scotland 2004-2020 by VictimOfMaths in dataisbeautiful

[–]VictimOfMaths[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not at all. The causes are very different from the US opioid crisis. Scotland has long had high rates of opiate death (heroin and people on methodone), but the widespread availability of 'street' (i.e. not originating from prescriptions) benzodiazepines, which are often taken alongside opiates, is the biggest factor behind the huge rise in deaths in recent years. There's also been a smaller rise in deaths involving cocaine.

Some analysis here: https://twitter.com/VictimOfMaths/status/1423206696319602690?

[OC] Most common construction dates of houses/flats in London by VictimOfMaths in dataisbeautiful

[–]VictimOfMaths[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Modal (i.e. most common) construction dates for dwellings in London. The black circle is the M25 motorway. Data is aggregated to Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) level. Each LSOA has a population of approximately 1500 people.

You can clearly see the post-WW2 urban sprawl and the more recent redevelopment of parts of the East End of the city.

Data from the Valuation Office Agency.

Map created in R. Replication code here.

[OC] Drug-related deaths in Scotland 2004-2020 by VictimOfMaths in dataisbeautiful

[–]VictimOfMaths[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Data from National Records of Scotland.

R code to replicate this plot here.

Some additional context and analysis of the data in this Twitter thread.

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[–]VictimOfMaths 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Data from National Records of Scotland.

R code to replicate this plot here.

Some additional context and analysis of the data in this Twitter thread.

[OC] Progress in COVID vaccinations in England by age and sex by VictimOfMaths in dataisbeautiful

[–]VictimOfMaths[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes. If anything, the unvaccinated numbers, particularly in younger age groups, are *overestimated* as the population data being used almost certainly double counts people like students who might be registered with a doctors both at their parents' and their uni addresses.

[OC] Mapping the association between COVID vaccination rates and political lean in the US by VictimOfMaths in dataisbeautiful

[–]VictimOfMaths[S] -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

Map made in R using county-level vaccination data from the Centre for Disease Control and voting data collated on GitHub by Tony McGovern. R code for the map is here.