Many Eyes

This graph depicts the relationship between the net number of migrants from different countries and the overall US population. The graph gives information pertaining to past, current, and predictive trends in migration to the U.S. The graph is excellent for showing the different times through history when spikes in migration have occurred from certain countries. Two particular countries are Germany and Russia. You can see the quick spikes in the amount of people immigrating and even emigrating. In the early 90's its interesting to see the emigration of people from Bosnia leaving the US.

This graph depicts death totals around the world in comparison to their overall populations. The graph gives information on past, present, and predictive amounts of population and death amounts. The most interesting part of the data set is the predictive portion. When you look at China's bubble you see just how large of a population it has. You also notice that as the population is predicted to grow it begins to slow and the death amount begins to climb significantly. Then the population begins to decrease and the death amounts continue to increase. Basically, the data set predicts that China will not be able to support its growing population and because of this the death toll will grow. Because the population reaches its threshold the deaths begin to add up and the population experiences a downturn. India on the other hand, shows that it does have the resources to expand its population. It is predicted to have a larger population than China and a fewer death total as well.

This last graph is a depiction of life expectancy at birth as compared to their population. The data compares past, present, and futuristic predictions of life expectancy at birth and their population. I know when I was looking at the data I expected the US to be right at the top of the list for life expectancy and expected to see China and India in the middle of the pack. However it was not so, the United States is not at the top and surprisingly, China and India are both within 10 years of the US's life expectancy. It is also interesting to see the various African nations that have steep drop offs in life expectancy. Rwanda, Somalia, and Cambodia all have life expectancies that drop to under 20 years with Rwanda's reaching a low of about 10 years at one point. This can be linked to the historical genocides that have happened in those countries in the last 50 years. Another interesting part of the graph is the unexpected longest life expectancy at birth going to Monaco at nearly 90 years.