• relevants@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    …how did the line come about? How did they determine what the life expectancy would have been with less expenditure per capita?

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      6 months ago

      My guess is that the line tracks what the life expectancy was when the expenditure per capita was that much? Might have to dig into their source to get more details.

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      6 months ago

      At least one of those lines goes back on itself at some point, so my assumption is that it’s tracking where each country has been over time.

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        6 months ago

        Ooh good catch. That makes sense. Not sure I would call this beautiful, especially without any way to tell how much time has passed, but fair enough

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      6 months ago

      There is a minimum amount which is likely the least some people spent on their health. So there is no interpolation I can see.

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        6 months ago

        That doesn’t make sense unless this was personal expenditure, which it doesn’t seem to be

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        6 months ago

        Definitely, you can see some lines in the top left zigzagging back left, which would not be possible if each was a function of the x-axis. In fact, both axes are a function of the hidden z-axis, which is time and comes in discrete yearly steps, the latest of which (2021) is highlighted.