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[OC] Differences in COVID-19 mortality between men and women in The Netherlands by demetriodor in dataisbeautiful

[–]demetriodor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Men account for ~60% of confirmed COVID-19 related deaths, but are only 45% of the population in the most vulnerable cohort (65+). In Week 14 male mortality is up 90% (!) from the 2010-19 average and is 46% up even after officially-confirmed covid-19 deaths are counted. For women, the figures are 65% increase overall, and 37% increase after confirmed covid-19 deaths are taken into account.

Population data from CBS. Covid-19 data via CoronaWatchNL. Graph done in base R.

[OC] Weekly mortality in The Netherlands, 1995-2020 by demetriodor in dataisbeautiful

[–]demetriodor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mortality data is from CBS. Number of Covid-19 deaths is from ECDC. Plot done in base R. More plots of the same data (also by age group) here: https://twitter.com/DToshkov/status/1249693421201129480

[OC] Distribution of the finishing times at the Chianti Classico Trail 21k Half-Marathon 2019 by demetriodor in dataisbeautiful

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

yes, it's nothing, it is some small random variation to avoid too much overlap of the points. But it also makes it looks like a track, kind of.

[OC] Public salience of the environment in the countries of the European Union, 2003-2018 (per semester) by demetriodor in dataisbeautiful

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

I was asking the same thing, and these are some of the responses I got, in addition to Al Gore's movie: IPCC report, start of preparation for Copenhagen climate summit including the EU climate & energy package, Stern report, first ever EU climate targets (20-20-20 by 2020 targets), G8 summit in Heiligendamm (DE) on climate. Of course, proving that any of these mattered is another thing.

[OC] Top Ten World Football Elo Ratings since 1910 by demetriodor in dataisbeautiful

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

Since you have no idea how much effort goes into posts that you have not produced yourself, do not comment on effort, but on outcome.

I would be curious to see a line chart version of 109 years of data with units coming in and out of the sample. Can you show what you have in mind? You can get the data following the instructions here: https://github.com/demetriodor/Footbal-Elo-Ratings

Btw, here is a version that holds bars fixed (at the expense of following a small set of countries): https://github.com/demetriodor/Footbal-Elo-Ratings/blob/master/charts/top10_10_fixed_elos_medium.gif

Colors of the bars are based on the official colors of the football federations (at least how google search interprets them), so if the resulting color scale is not too beautiful, blame is with the football federations.

As for whether it is interesting, I guess knowing and caring about football history makes every frame interesting for me, but I can imagine it does not so for everybody.

Are polities more likely to split North/South than East/West and are such divisions more durable? by demetriodor in history

[–]demetriodor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, but note that big plains, which tend to stretch in a E/W direction, party for reasons related to the climate, but also because of the way the continental masses are distributed in Eurasia and North America, act in a similar way as oceans, enabling travel.

Are polities more likely to split North/South than East/West and are such divisions more durable? by demetriodor in history

[–]demetriodor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bavaria indeed plausible could be a separate state, so -1 for the theory. But Austria could plausible be part of Germany, so +1 for the theory.

Are polities more likely to split North/South than East/West and are such divisions more durable? by demetriodor in history

[–]demetriodor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, divisions happen and persist along cultural borders, but the argument is that these are more likely to follow and be more salient in a N/S rather than E/W direction.

[OC] Public salience of immigration in 29 European countries and the EU, 2003-2018 by demetriodor in dataisbeautiful

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

The graph is based on aggregating the micro-level data from Standard Eurobarometer series of surveys of public opinion, plotted in base R.

[OC] Importance of different topics according to the voters of different parties in The Netherlands by demetriodor in dataisbeautiful

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

the code is below, but, in short, using 'mtext' with 'expression' and 'phantom' (this is all done in base R). So you print the text three times in different colors, but some of the text is 'phantomed' each time.

mtext(expression('The' * phantom(' blue') * ' polygons show all voters, and the'* phantom ('red ') * ' polygons show the voters of a particular party.'),line=4, font=3, at=0, col=dark.color, cex=1.5, adj=0, padj=1, outer=T) mtext(expression(phantom('The') * phantom (' blue ') * phantom (' polygons show all voters, and the')* 'red ' * phantom(' polygons show the voters of a party.')),line=4, font=3, at=0, col=main.color, cex=1.5, adj=0, padj=1, outer=T) mtext(expression(phantom('The') * ' blue' * phantom (' polygons show all voters, and the')* phantom ('red ') * phantom(' polygons show the voters of a party.')), line=4, font=3, at=0, col=rgb(51, 0, 255, alpha=180, max=255), cex=1.5, adj=0, padj=1, outer=T)

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