http://blog.printf.net/articles/2006/08/04/gapminder en-us 40 <p>Allow me to enthuse about <a href="http://tools.google.com/gapminder/">Gapminder</a> a little, and <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7996617766640098677">this presentation</a>.</p> <p>Some interesting queries:</p> <ul> <li>fertility rate in Iran &mdash; Iran is <a href="http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update4ss.htm">the only country in the world</a> to require couples to take a class on modern contraception before receiving a marriage license, in order to reduce the fertility rate, but they didn't start doing that until 1986.</li> <li>GDP per capita and child survival in Malaysia and the US &mdash; they have the same child survival rate, even though the GDP per capita in Malaysia is $9k and in the US it's $40k.</li> <li>fertility rate in Mexico &mdash; a drop from 6 children per woman in 1975 to 2.2 children per woman in 2004.</li> <li>life expectancy in Botswana &mdash; shows how massively HIV has hit.</li> </ul> <p>There's more on <a href="http://gapminder.org/">Gapminder's website</a>.</p> Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:43:00 +0100 urn:uuid:bfddc1a3-8316-4929-908d-114bf6efaca6 Chris Ball http://blog.printf.net/articles/2006/08/04/gapminder http://blog.printf.net/articles/trackback/2698 <p>Well, Iran is the only country that its government is pushing its citizens progress back instead or pulling them forward. Not much to expect there for a while.</p> Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:39:19 +0100 urn:uuid:bf1ef9ee-5711-452f-854f-8334670145ad http://blog.printf.net/articles/2006/08/04/gapminder#comment-55592 <p>is there any mass edit plugs section? want to change my blog script - it's wp now.</p> Thu, 17 May 2007 10:26:42 +0100 urn:uuid:22405931-609f-497b-b10a-b65a8f36741f http://blog.printf.net/articles/2006/08/04/gapminder#comment-225 <p>for an introduction to Gapminder, everyone should run, not walk, to see Hans Rosling's talk on the topic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/index.cfm?flashEnabled=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/index.cfm?flashEnabled=1</a></p> <p>fascinating stuff!</p> Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:23:11 +0000 urn:uuid:89a39f5e-add9-454b-b5d7-c141e6b6224b http://blog.printf.net/articles/2006/08/04/gapminder#comment-157 <p>Glad you like it! Did you know you can link straight to graphs you find interesting? </p> <p><a href="http://tools.google.com/gapminder/#ssn=14$majorMode=chart$ds;path=data;type=swf$is;shi=t;ly=2003;lb=f;il=t;fs=11;al=30;stl=t;st=t;nsl=t;se=t$ts;sp=6;ti=2004$inc_c;gid=1004;by=grp$inc_s;iid=SP.POP.TOTL;by=ind$inc_x;iid=NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD;by=ind$inc_y;iid=SP.DYN.TFRT.IN;by=ind$map_x;scale=log;dataMin=466;dataMax=64299;sma=497;smi=55$map_y;scale=lin;dataMin=1;dataMax=9;sma=53;smi=387$map_s;scale=sqrt;dataMin=15000;dataMax=1296157000;sma=50;smi=5$inds=IRN_pG3bsbi" rel="nofollow">Iran</a></p> <p><a href="http://tools.google.com/gapminder/#ssn=30$majorMode=chart$ds;path=data;type=swf$is;shi=t;ly=2003;lb=f;il=t;fs=11;al=0;stl=t;st=t;nsl=t;se=t$ts;sp=6;ti=2004$inc_c;gid=1004;by=grp$inc_s;iid=SP.POP.TOTL;by=ind$inc_x;iid=NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD;by=ind$inc_y;iid=SH.DYN.MORT;by=ind$map_x;scale=log;dataMin=466;dataMax=64299;sma=497;smi=55$map_y;scale=log;dataMin=3;dataMax=500;sma=53;smi=387$map_s;scale=sqrt;dataMin=15000;dataMax=1296157000;sma=50;smi=5$inds=USA_pG3bWcH;MYS_hG3bcat" rel="nofollow">Child survival</a></p> <p><a href="http://tools.google.com/gapminder/#ssn=39$majorMode=chart$ds;path=data;type=swf$is;shi=t;ly=2003;lb=f;il=t;fs=11;al=18;stl=t;st=t;nsl=t;se=t$ts;sp=6;ti=2004$inc_c;gid=1004;by=grp$inc_s;iid=SP.POP.TOTL;by=ind$inc_x;iid=NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD;by=ind$inc_y;iid=SP.DYN.TFRT.IN;by=ind$map_x;scale=log;dataMin=466;dataMax=64299;sma=497;smi=55$map_y;scale=lin;dataMin=0.84;dataMax=8.5;sma=53;smi=387$map_s;scale=sqrt;dataMin=15000;dataMax=1296157000;sma=50;smi=5$inds=MEX_pG3bvaG" rel="nofollow">Mexican fertility</a></p> <p><a href="http://tools.google.com/gapminder/#ssn=44$majorMode=chart$ds;path=data;type=swf$is;shi=t;ly=2003;lb=f;il=t;fs=11;al=18;stl=t;st=t;nsl=t;se=t$ts;sp=6;ti=2004$inc_c;gid=1004;by=grp$inc_s;iid=SP.POP.TOTL;by=ind$inc_x;iid=NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD;by=ind$inc_y;iid=SP.DYN.LE00.IN;by=ind$map_x;scale=log;dataMin=466;dataMax=64299;sma=497;smi=55$map_y;scale=lin;dataMin=24;dataMax=82;sma=53;smi=387$map_s;scale=sqrt;dataMin=15000;dataMax=1296157000;sma=50;smi=5$inds=BWA_tG3,,,," rel="nofollow">HIV in Botswana</a></p> <p>/Henrik Lindahl Developer at Gapminder Foundation</p> Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:26:09 +0100 urn:uuid:e3909b13-373f-410c-82aa-4948e73e390b http://blog.printf.net/articles/2006/08/04/gapminder#comment-90