I am not drawing any conclusions but interesting data nevertheless:
Sources:
The Examiner: High teen pregnancy rates/conservative religious states: New study results indicate correlation
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Teen pregnancy rates and religion
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009High unemployment helps you live longer!!
Friday, September 11th, 2009Interesting find on Swivel:
There may be a silver lining in the cloud of recession. There’s evidence that life expectancy increases during times of high unemployment.
This data shows the relationship between unemployment and life expectancy for the USA between 1960 and 2006. The following series are shown:
- residual life expectancy – the difference between the actual and expected life expectancy, in lay-terms, how much longer people lived than they were expected to
- unemployment % – the unemployment rate for the year
Each series is normalized to show how many standard deviations it is away from the mean so that the scale is comparable across both series (necessary because Swivel does not yet support two-axis graphs).
This graph was inspired by
- Feeling Better Lately? in the Freaknomics Blog
- The effect of economic recession on population health
Source data came from the OECD. You can calculate the numbers for your own country using the data below.
The increase in life expectancy could be explained by increased leisure time, healthier lifestyle and better eating habits.
Swine Flu continues it rampage
Friday, July 17th, 2009Swine flu continues its rampage – and it is not flu season yet!
“Although the media buzz has died down a bit, swine flu continues to affect thousands of people each week. As of July 2, the H1N1 virus has killed 170 people in the U.S. The CDC reports 33,000 confirmed cases of the virus have affected 53 U.S. states and territories. “
Food for thought: American expenditure on Food
Sunday, April 12th, 2009“This graph shows percent of income spent on food at home and away from home in the United States since 1929. During the Great Depression, households spent a total of 15 to 20 percent of their income on food. Today, we spend about 10 percent of our income on eating at home and dining out.”
It is interesting to note that people are spending less on food (as a percentage of our income) although this is most likely due to rising incomes. However, there is no surprise that people have decreased the amount of money that they spend on home food while the percentage spent on eating out has remains relatively constant – which is most likely is a big contributor to obesity.
Reference: USDA Economic Research Service
Food for Thought
Monday, November 17th, 2008What if HIV mutates and can now be transmitted by sneezing and coughing – just like common cold??
What would this graph look like?
