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Saloni
@scientificdiscovery.dev

This is so cool. This atlas has Lexis plots on how various things have changed over time in different age groups – mortality rates, fertility rates, number of parents and siblings. And you can reach out to Jonas to add your own plots too. I'd like to see Lexis plots for absolutely everything.

Jonas Schöley@jschoeley.com

demoscapes.org is a visual atlas of demographic surfaces hosted at @mpidr.bsky.social. It is also my passion project growing out of my 2016 human mortality database explorer. Did you publish something containing Lexis surfaces? Consider reaching out and having your work featured on the site.

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Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

So WWI/WWII show up quite sharply and I assume than part of the higher mortality for young men in the 60s was Vietnam, but then it gets worse in the 80s. Is there a specific cause, or is it just reflecting that male violence now shows up more readily after decades of health care advances?

Saloni
@scientificdiscovery.dev

Lexis plots take time to initially wrap your head around, but the amount of granularity they give you about patterns and trends over time is amazing. Once you become a Lexis plot enjoyer, you can't go back!