Geeking Out: Florence Nightingale, Data Visualization Pioneer – and Redoing Her Famous Graph

Link: https://marypatcampbell.substack.com/p/geeking-out-florence-nightingale

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Excerpt:

There is a problem with the table, which a fellow actuary pointed out to me. I will explain that after I fix the graph.

Let’s start with the simplest graph: total deaths by type (zymotic disease, wounds, and battle fatalities)

I switched up the order of items and changed my presentation for the stacked column graph version:

Author(s): Mary Pat Campbell

Publication Date: 10 March 2021

Publication Site: STUMP on Substack