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mikeman7918 t1_iu7k61n wrote

Reply to comment by Vilko3259 in [OC] Total Number of Births Since 1850 by BLAZENIOSZ

I’d be interested in seeing these numbers per capita or compared to the total population change, because without that you have to do a lot of math and research other numbers to conclude anything interesting which kind of defeats the purpose of a polished data visualization.

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Vilko3259 t1_iu7n2kp wrote

per capita is usually the way to go but in this case it might be strange as the populations have changed a ton over the years.

Also, you can pretty clearly draw conclusions from the graph already, like judging which proportion of US residents since 1850 were born where. Per capita numbers would just obfuscate

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Maguncia t1_iuam78c wrote

Well, I think that's exactly what the map is trying to show, that "ton of change" - how some states have historically been much larger. Per capita makes that a bit clearer.

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