*social justice, line graph

Comparing Number of Births & Number of Deaths in the US

Life vs. Death from 2003 to 2021
graph by Nathan Yau (@flowingdata); slow reveal by Jenna Laib (@jennalaib)

(Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)

Type of Graph: line graph

Source: Yau, Nathan. “When There Were More Deaths Than Births in the U.S.” FlowingData.com: February 3, 2022.

Additional Paired Texted/Resources:

Potential Math Content: line graphs, observing trends, developing theories about why, estimating values, predicting values

Potential Content Connections: mortality, United States, pandemic

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