The information is available from other sources but the Gapminder folks present it in interesting ways. Check out some of these and then explore the site for graphs, maps, downloadable charts and presentations, reports on a wide variety of information. Some of the maps include timelines so that you can see changes over a period of time -- the map on adult HIV infections shows changes from 1980-2007. Caution: some of these will take a long time to load over slow internet connections -- even in Nairobi, some are slow:- Percentage of adult population (15-49 years) infected with HIV (Swaziland has the highest percentage at 26%; Nigeria has only 3.1% but that represents 2.63 million adults who are HIV-positive)
- Blog on trends in HIV/AIDS
- Wealth and Health of Nations -- correlates life expectancy at birth with income per person (GDP per capita) -- Sub-Saharan African peoples dominate both the low life expectancy and the low per capita GDP.
- Data downloads (430 different documents)
Gapminder even has a downloadable desktop application that runs on any platform under Adobe Air. They say (I have downloaded it but not installed it) that you can access the data whether you're online or off.
Other statistical information that might be of interest:
- UNAIDS 2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic (most recent data)
- UNAIDS graphic of global HIV infection (2007 data)
How could you use information like this in your work?
For the Kingdom,
Bob A
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