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Comment
. 2017 Feb 1;46(1):356-361.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw095.

Two cheers for a small giant? Why we need better ways of seeing data: A commentary on: 'Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among White non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century'

Jonathan Minton  1 , Mark Green  2 , Gerry McCartney  3 , Richard Shaw  4 , Laura Vanderbloemen  5 , Kate Pickett  6
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Two cheers for a small giant? Why we need better ways of seeing data: A commentary on: 'Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among White non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century'

Jonathan Minton et al. Int J Epidemiol. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Lexis surface visualization of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) all-cause mortality (log 10 scale) for White Non-Hispanic males and females.
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Figure 2.
Lexis surface visualizations of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) all-cause and external cause specific mortality rates (colour online). Sub-figures from left to right are (a) all-cause mortality (log10 scale); (b) suicides; (c) drugs; (d) vehicles; (b-d are deaths per 100 000 population.) Within each sub-figure, the left column shows female and right column shows male mortality risks. The top row is for White non-Hispanics (WNH), the middle row for Hispanics (H) and the bottom row for Black non-Hispanics (BNHs).
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