Earlier this year, a study in the*Swiss Medical Weekly explored the spatial patterns of Swiss mortality*rates between 2008 and 2012. The study looked at the most common causes of death and*produced a number of maps.*The*Tages Anzeiger’s story on the study (in German) focused on only two of them—diabetes and liver disease—that produced the most dramatic regional variations: basically, people in German-speaking regions are more likely to die of diabetes, and people in French-speaking regions are more likely to die of liver disease. The newspaper’s interactive*maps are*nicer, too:
Maps of mortality due to diabetes (top) and liver disease (bottom) in Switzerland. Tages Anzeiger, 6 March 2016.[Maps Mania]
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Maps of mortality due to diabetes (top) and liver disease (bottom) in Switzerland. Tages Anzeiger, 6 March 2016.[Maps Mania]أكثر...