Max Roser
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Child mortality is an everyday tragedy of enormous scale that rarely makes the headlines
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This blog post draws on data and research discussed in our entry on Child mortality.
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Max Roser Just published my new post. A very short one about the fact that 15,000 children die every day. Child mortality is an everyday tragedy of enormous scale that rarely makes the headlines and should make the headlines every day. 3d
The world population is changing: For the first time there are more people over 64 than children younger than 5
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This blog post draws on data and research discussed in our entry on World Population Growth.
World Bank data: GDP per capita
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GDP per capita adjusted for price changes over time (inflation) and price differences between countries – it is measured in international-$ in 2011 prices.
Max Roser It is now possible to see relative change over time in Our World in Data charts. Here for example is economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1995 Thanks to and ! 4d
Homicide rate
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Number of homicide deaths per 100,000 people within a given population. Rates are not age-standardized.
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Max Roser Homicides per 100,000 people per year. – Less than 1 in most of Western Europe, Japan, Indonesia – Around 6 in the US, Argentina, Thailand – Around 30 in Brazil and South Africa Interactive map with data from for 1990 to 2017: 5d
'Navigating knowledge: new tools for the journey' with Dr Penny Mealy | Events
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Like the wind, knowledge can be difficult to see or grasp, but if well-harnessed, it can help us do extraordinary things. In this talk, Dr Penny Mealy will discuss how novel analytical tools are providing new insights into the use of knowledge in...
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Baby Bonuses and Early-Life Health Outcomes: Using Regression Discontinuity to Evaluate the Causal Impact of an Unconditional Cash Transfer by John Lynch, Aurélie Meunier, Rhiannon Pilkington, Stefanie Schurer :: SSRN
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We use administrative data from South Australia to study the impact of an unconditional cash transfer on child health. We use the unanticipated introduction of
"Life Expectancy" – What does this actually mean?
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This blog post draws on data and research discussed in our entry on Life Expectancy.
Mapping under-5 and neonatal mortality in Africa, 2000–15: a baseline analysis for the Sustainable Development Goals
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In the absence of unprecedented political commitment, financial support, and medical advances, the viability of SDG 3.2 achievement in Africa is precarious at best. By producing under-5 and neonatal mortality rates at multiple levels of geospatial...
Max Roser Child mortality estimates in Africa on the subnational level in 2000 & 2015. – A very impressive improvement in many countries. – But especially in a band across the Sahel zone the mortality rate of children remains high. The source is this Lancet paper 6d
The curse of the Fire-Horse: How superstition impacted fertility rates in Japan
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In 1966, Japan experienced a sudden drop in its fertility rate—for just that year. During the 1960s, the fertility rate was about 2.0 to 2.1 children per woman, but in 1966 it dropped dramatically to 1.6 children per woman (Chart 2).
Max Roser Japan experienced a sudden drop in fertility rate in 1966 due to the superstitious belief that women born in this year of the “Fire-Horse” have a bad personality and will kill their future husband. 6d
Greenhouse gas emissions per gram of protein, by food type
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Average greenhouse gas emissions per unit protein, by food type measured in grams of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO₂e) per gram of protein. Average values are based on a meta-analysis of studies across 742 agricultural systems and over 90 unique...
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Max Roser Here you are 6d
Is the EU Democratic? Does Your Vote Matter?
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Venezuela’s Collapse Is the Worst Outside of War in Decades, Economists Say
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Butchers have stopped selling meat cuts in favor of offal, fat shavings and cow hooves, the only animal protein many of their customers can afford.
Florian Klenk zur Strache-Affäre
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Florian Klenk zur Strache-Affäre
Max Roser Florian Klenk, der Chefredakteur des Wiener Falter, hat das ganze Strache Video gesehen. Seine Zusammenfassung des Videos, die politische Einschätzung, und seine Überlegungen zur Rolle des Journalismus sind sehenswert 9d
Jobs
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Living conditions around the world are changing rapidly. Explore how and why.
Max Roser We at Our World in Data are looking for a web developer to join our team. Our brand new Jobs page 10d
Max Roser We would love to work with someone who wants to build the medium and infrastructure to make data and research on how our world is changing – and what is possible for the global future – as accessible and understandable as possible. 8d
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Max Roser We are looking for web developer to join our team. Here is our Jobs page: We just did Y Combinator and have a ton of requests and ideas – and it’s a great team really. If you are not a developer yourself, could you share it with a developer you know? 8d
Why books don't work
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Designing media to reflect how people think and learn
Max Roser In Andy Matuschak explains why book don't work and what the medium that replaces them will be like. He suggests that "the default actions and patterns of thought when engaging with this medium are the same thing as 'what’s necessary to understand'". 10d
Mapping HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2017
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Fine-scale estimates of the prevalence of HIV in adults across sub-Saharan Africa reveal substantial within-country variation and local differences in both the direction and rate of change in the prevalence of HIV between 2000 and 2017.
Tanzania Was East Africa's Strongest Democracy. Then Came "The Bulldozer."
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Tanzania’s president has put fighting corruption at the center of his agenda. But is it worth the suppression of civil liberties?
The growth of the world population to 2100, by age group
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Projections from 2016 through to 2100 based on UN median estimates.
Population density, people per km²
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Population density is defined as the number of people (population) divided by land area, mesured in square kilometres (km²).
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Max Roser Also from our new population entry: A global interactive map of population density Bangladesh: 1,265 people per km² Netherlands: 508 India: 450 Nigeria: 210 Spain: 93 US: 36 Saudi-Arabia: 15 Canada: 4 Australia: 3 Mongolia: 2 16d