We all know that poverty has horrible consequence for those that are trapped in it; but sometimes it’s hard to really understand the extent of the problem. Last month Ross Perez, a data analyst from Tableau Software, did some analysis on a set of UNICEF data dealing with child deaths around the world. He visualized his findings so that it is easy to see the extent of the problem. The interactive visualization he created is shown below, and you can read his blog post here.
One of the most alarming findings: 1/4th of the children living in Afghanistan and Sierra Leon will die before the age of five.
The data suggests that the world should feel a great amount of anxiety to fix this problem. What if all of the red dots pictured on the map above could be changed to green? It would prevent about 3 billion neonatal deaths every year.
