February 21, 2010
Great interactive website - especially for people who love charts and data.
www.gapminder.org

Great interactive website - especially for people who love charts and data.

www.gapminder.org

August 23, 2009
johncabrera:

REDUCE YOUR CHANCES OF DYING IN A PLANE CRASH
Interesting.

I’d be interested in viewing this map if it showed fatal accidents as a function of (1) miles flown (2) flight hours or (3) passenger volume.  Something tells me that the map would tell a much different story - perhaps the exact opposite message.
After a quick search, I found that it is much easier to find fatal accident statistics by country than it is to find statistics on flight activity by country.  Of course, a lack of information doesn’t justify the skewing of available information…

johncabrera:

REDUCE YOUR CHANCES OF DYING IN A PLANE CRASH

Interesting.

I’d be interested in viewing this map if it showed fatal accidents as a function of (1) miles flown (2) flight hours or (3) passenger volume.  Something tells me that the map would tell a much different story - perhaps the exact opposite message.

After a quick search, I found that it is much easier to find fatal accident statistics by country than it is to find statistics on flight activity by country.  Of course, a lack of information doesn’t justify the skewing of available information…