Refrigerators Correlated to Drop in Stomach Cancer Deaths (Percent Decrease)graph by Iryna Suprun; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: Suprun, Iryna. "Refrigerator Against Stomach Cancer." Voronoi: October 24, 2025. Data Sources: Our World In Data. "Stomach Cancer Death Rate." WHO… Continue reading Home Refrigerators Correlated to Drop in Stomach Cancer Deaths (Percent Decrease)
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Cost per pound of vehicles compared with per pound of types of cheese
Cost (in USD $) per pound of Vehicles compared with per pound of Types of Cheesegraph by Andrew McCalip/Norma Gordon; slow reveal by Norma Gordon (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Original graph - McCalip, Andrew (@andrewmccalip). “Since we're talking manufacturing this week... I think… Continue reading Cost per pound of vehicles compared with per pound of types of cheese
Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes
Smoking increases the risk of death for many causesgraph by Saloni Dattani/Our World in Data; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Dattani, Saloni. "Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes." Our World in Data BlueSky: July 2, 2025.Also… Continue reading Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes
US Medical Debt Rates by Income, Race, and Ethnicity (2020)
Medical Debt Rates by Income, Race, and Ethnicitygraph by Kylie Murdock, Joshua Kendall, and David Kendall; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Murdock, K., Kendall, J., & Kendall, D (2023). Medical Debt Hits the Heart of the Middle Class. Thirdway:… Continue reading US Medical Debt Rates by Income, Race, and Ethnicity (2020)
Unlike Medical Spending, Medical Bills In Collections Decrease With Patients’ Age
Unlike Medical Spending, Medical Bills In Collections Decrease With Patients’ Agegraph by Michael Batty, Christa Gibbs, and Benedic Ippolito; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph (double y-axis) Visualization Source: Batty, M., Gibbs, C., & Ippolito, B. (2018). Unlike medical spending, medical bills… Continue reading Unlike Medical Spending, Medical Bills In Collections Decrease With Patients’ Age
Percent of U.S. Undergraduates Diagnosed with a Mental Illness
How many US undergrads are diagnosed with mental illness? How has this changed over time?
Prevalence of Anxiety by Age/Generation in the US
Are young people today more anxious than previous generations? What's going on?
Share of the Population With Access to Clean Drinking Water (by location and income)
Do you know someone named "Alexa"? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
How does Latin American Healthcare Compare to Europe & North America?
Do you know someone named "Alexa"? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Causes of Deaths in Children and Adolescents in the US
What poses the greatest risk to children's safety over time? How has US policy and safety regulations shaped that? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Marathon Records (by age and gender)
What is the best known marathon time -- by age? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
How loud is too loud? (English/Spanish/French)
How loud are different activities? How loud is *too* loud? (con versión en español) Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections. Haga clic para acceder a la actividad y obtener más información sobre las conexiones entre matemáticas y contenido.
Amazon warehouse workers suffer muscle and joint injuries at a rate 4 times higher than industry peers
At what rate do full-time employees experience muscle and joint injuries at work? How could unionizing impact the data for Amazon workers? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
How many calories do people really eat at Chipotle?
How many calories do people really eat at Chipotle? And why is this represented as a histogram? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Social Media and Depression
Is there a link between social media and depression? Individuals who reported having high depression symptoms also reported using social media more often. Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Football & Brain Damage/CTE
How prevalent is CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy/Brain Damage) amongst football players at different levels? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Food Deserts: 14 States have Greater than 15% of their Population Living in Food Deserts
More than 39 million Americans live in "food deserts" -- places where residents do not have ample access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Use these graphs to explore this urgent issue. Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Average Size of Major League Baseball Players by Debut Decade (1870s – 2010s)
Why are baseball players getting 'bigger' over time? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Correlation or Causation: Chocolate & Nobel Laureates
Does eating chocolate make you smarter? Or does being smarter give you a sweet tooth? Explore correlation and causation with this graph.
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Do Americans and Nutritionists Agree on What’s Healthy?
Do Americans and nutritionists agree on what's healthy? (from the New York Times 'What's Going on In This Graph' series.)
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