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Colin Angus
VictimOfMaths
New all-cause mortality data for Scotland has been published today by @NatRecordsScot covering the week up to 14th February. The headline figures are positive, though deaths are still well above
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The PHE 28-day measure of COVID-19 deaths has been falling in England since 20th January (and earlier for Wales), so I was hopeful that the @ONS data for the week
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The more I think about this map, the more interesting I think it is.So I thought I would do a little thread on it... I'm interested in looking at geographical
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Yesterday @ONS released a whole load of data on alcohol-specific deaths in the UK.This included their 'normal' data for the period up to 2019 and also provisional figures for the
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Earlier this week @NatRecordsScot published new estimates of Healthy Life Expectancy for Scotland for 2017-19 showing huge inequality between areas.Which reminded me to have a look at the most recent
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Why this graph doesn't tell you what you think it does (and why you should probably just ignore it). A thread on EuroMOMO and excess mortality... Earlier today @brodjustice asked
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I'm really struggling to work out what is *actually* going on with COVID-19 cases in the UK at the moment.Changes in test numbers, test positivity rates and possibly reporting delays
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I've seen a few variations on this graph over the last few days. It seems pretty terrifying - the % of COVID-19 tests coming back as positive has shot up
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This week @NatRecordsScot released new figures showing the extraordinary rise in drug-related deaths in Scotland has continued, with numbers doubling since 2013.As a non-expert, here's a few things I found
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A propos of absolutely nothing, here is my number 1 top tip for improving your use of graphs in presentations:Hide the data, especially the interesting bits, at first.THREAD/ Unless you
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The headline figure from today's new @ONS all-cause deaths data is (mildly) good news. Deaths were slightly lower in the week ending 27th November than the previous 7 days.BUTThe decline
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New all-cause mortality data for Scotland for the week up to 29th November has just been published by @NatRecordsScot, and there's some (slightly) good news - all cause deaths have
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