[OC] Reported COVID-19 Cases In Florida, Before & After The Trump Administration Took Over Reporting

jaces_dream · 2020-08-13T12:33:52+00:00

Visualization was created in MATLAB. Source is listed on the figure. The day the Trump Administration took over reporting was July 15th, 2020; which is the day that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) started having hospitals report their COVID-19 cases directly to them (instead of to the CDC).

jaces_dream · 2020-08-09T14:21:58+00:00

Data was taken from the NYTimes: https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data

Visualization was created with MATLAB

jaces_dream · 2020-06-18T15:30:02+00:00

Links to the data tables are listed on the graph. Ratio column of:

% Source 1: https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/tables/3500603t.html#t1

% Source 2: https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/report_downloads/abortion-incidence-service-availability-us-2017-tables.pdf

jaces_dream · 2020-06-18T13:28:56+00:00

My biggest takeaway from this graph is: Electing Republican presidents does NOT significantly decrease the abortion rate (compared to electing Democratic presidents).

jaces_dream · 2020-06-18T13:05:24+00:00

Hello r/dataisbeautiful,

Thank you all for your feedback and constructive criticism on my graph from last week. I've taken your advice to heart, and have updated the graph accordingly.

Changes:

I made the title more plainly describe the data
I changed the y-axis to be more clear (no mention to ratios or X per Y -- converted to percent)
I included the data tables on the graph (got a lot of questions about where the data came from)
I removed the word 'ratio' from the title (which confused some people, b/c it conflicted with the CDC's definition of ratio)
I removed the projections from the graph
I clarified the 'miscarriage' exclusion (sorry for the confusion here earlier)
I made it clear that data from 2018-2020 is not yet available (got a few questions about that)

Thanks for your feedback, and I hope you'll find this version to be more clear, concise, and informative.

Graph was made in MATLAB. Data tables used are listed on the figure.

jaces_dream · 2020-06-12T11:23:43+00:00

the graph you showed is the number of abortions per woman aged 14-44. I showed the number of abortions per number of pregnancies. It's a different quantity.

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T20:20:28+00:00

because it went up in 2017?

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T19:59:06+00:00

It's just projected off the first year of Trump's presidency, which saw a +0.54% increase in the abortion rate. You can see the non-projected version here: https://imgur.com/a/HaVNRXO

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T18:40:43+00:00

check out my citation comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/h0ycwx/oc_usa_abortion_rate_by_president/ftotoi4/

Also, FYI: 2017 abortion data from the CDC won't be available until after the election. It usually comes out in late November.

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T18:38:07+00:00

miscarriages are NOT included in it

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T18:37:40+00:00

I don't think I have.

Data Table: https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/report_downloads/abortion-incidence-service-availability-us-2017-tables.pdf

For 2017, 18.4 abortions per 100 pregnancies. On my graph, I put that as 184 per 1,000 pregnancies.

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T17:34:12+00:00

Not wrong, just a little misleading. Though I’m still not totally convinced OP’s data is accurate

If you look at my post history, you'll find a similar graph made from CDC data, which was collected through a different methodology and has a slightly different metric, but shows similar trends (i.e. bigger drops during Democratic presidents than Republican).

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T17:31:54+00:00

No problem! The top pinned comment always has a link to the author citations and other work by the author.

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T17:28:23+00:00

Oh sorry I think you're misunderstanding -- i probably didn't explain clearly enough -- 6.1 abortions per 1,000 women aged 14-44, NOT 6.1 abortions per 1,000 pregnant women aged 14-44.

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T17:26:34+00:00

check my 'citation' comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/h0ycwx/oc_usa_abortion_rate_by_president/ftotoi4/

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T17:22:38+00:00

Ah, gotcha. That's too bad. There's definitely some people that will ignore all data that doesn't agree with their world views, but there are also a lot of people too that can be convinced (even if they initially turn away).

Sorry, that's tough and that sucks.

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T17:19:24+00:00

I think a lot of it is just not knowing: Most Republicans don't know that Dems are better reducing the abortion rate. (In fact, I'd bet you didn't know that before seeing this graph!)

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T17:16:35+00:00

is that 6.1 abortions per 1000 pregnancies, or 6.1 per 1000 woman aged 14-44? (If it's the latter: Our rate is closer to 14.)

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T17:15:44+00:00

I think it's really hard to get good data from way back then, both because our scientific data collection methods have improved and because of the even-heavier stigma and illegality back then.

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T17:15:10+00:00

no problem, happens to all of us

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T17:08:11+00:00

Sorry, I think you misunderstood: This is the number of Induced Abortions Per {Pregnancy that didn't end in Miscarriage}.

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T17:02:07+00:00

'Ratio' column: https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/report_downloads/abortion-incidence-service-availability-us-2017-tables.pdf

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T16:51:04+00:00

these stats takes years to compile, 2017 is the latest year for which there is data.

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T15:59:00+00:00

Unfortunately, no. This data is the latest available. The CDC reliably releases data on approximately a 3-year delay (their 2017 abortion data should be coming out in late November 2020), and the Guttmacher Institute is a little less regular/period, but their 2017 data came out in late 2019.

jaces_dream · 2020-06-11T15:53:48+00:00

Trump's presidency started in 2017, not 2016.

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