OfficialWireGrind OP t1_j5w9q0x wrote on January 26, 2023 at 12:21 AM

Sources:

https://data.transportation.gov/Roadways-and-Bridges/Licensed-Drivers-by-state-gender-and-age-group/xfkb-3bxx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population

Tools: Python Plotly

Dependent_Ad_5546 t1_j5wboze wrote on January 26, 2023 at 12:35 AM

What’s the avg age per state numbers? Could explain?

Hapankaali t1_j5xs5hj wrote on January 26, 2023 at 8:06 AM

Why "per 10K residents" and not the percentage of people 85+ with a licence?

return_0_ t1_j5xztke wrote on January 26, 2023 at 9:53 AM

Well, those show two (slightly) different things. Per 10k residents is indeed reflective of the percentages 85+ people have licenses, but it's also reflective of how many 85+ people there are in the state, since different states have different age distributions.

Hapankaali t1_j5zseb0 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 6:30 PM

Yes, that is my point. Both the number of people aged 85+ and the percentage of those people with a licence are potentially relevant numbers, but mixing them into a composite measure just obfuscates the picture.