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Plotting climate data for the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
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replace death 0s with NaNs #209

Closed cypressf closed 3 years ago

cypressf commented 3 years ago

All 0s are actually supressed data

cypressf commented 3 years ago

This is a temporary solution until we agree on what to do with death data that has been redacted due to personal privacy.

One option is to estimate it based on nearby counties or state averages

cypressf commented 3 years ago

Before

Counties with redacted data look like they have low death rates

Screen Shot 2021-09-08 at 12 01 00

After

Counties with redacted data are clearly "missing", and no longer skew the data distribution

Screen Shot 2021-09-08 at 12 00 42
cypressf commented 3 years ago

Respiratory death rate, ages 25+

Another example

Before

Screen Shot 2021-09-08 at 12 03 21

After

Screen Shot 2021-09-08 at 12 03 34