http://www.gapminder.org For a fact based world view. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/high-income-rare-in-tropical-land-locked-countries/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/high-income-rare-in-tropical-land-locked-countries/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:29:36 +0000 Staffan http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1956 http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/high-income-rare-in-tropical-land-locked-countries/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/crisis-narrows-china-uk-gap/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/crisis-narrows-china-uk-gap/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:57:56 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1900 200 years ago, United Kingdom was a leading nation of the world. See UK's  journey to present time - and how China is closing in.]]> http://www.gapminder.org/videos/crisis-narrows-china-uk-gap/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/ted-talk-2009-hans-rosling-hiv-facts/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/ted-talk-2009-hans-rosling-hiv-facts/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 20:21:01 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1835 25 years of the HIV epidemic in easily understood graphics. Showing the big differences within Africa.]]> http://www.gapminder.org/videos/ted-talk-2009-hans-rosling-hiv-facts/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/swine-flu-alert-news-death-ratio-tuberculosis/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/swine-flu-alert-news-death-ratio-tuberculosis/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 00:10:55 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1809 News/Death ratio for Swine flu and TB. Shows media hype and neglect, respectively!]]> http://www.gapminder.org/videos/swine-flu-alert-news-death-ratio-tuberculosis/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/human-rights-democracy-statistics/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/human-rights-democracy-statistics/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 22:01:17 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1866 Human Rights & Democracy statistics correlates poorly with progress in Health and Wealth.]]> http://www.gapminder.org/videos/human-rights-democracy-statistics/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/200-years-that-changed-the-world/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/200-years-that-changed-the-world/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 21:45:36 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1544 200 years of history in 4.5 minutes. Let Hans Rosling guide you through the developments of the last two centuries.]]> http://www.gapminder.org/videos/200-years-that-changed-the-world/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/lung-cancer-statistics/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/lung-cancer-statistics/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 18:54:12 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1878 Iceland "leading" march towards gender equity in lung cancer.]]> http://www.gapminder.org/videos/lung-cancer-statistics/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/prostate-cancer-statistics/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/prostate-cancer-statistics/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 18:41:58 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1874 Prostate cancer most common in the US. Overdiagnosis or not?]]> http://www.gapminder.org/videos/prostate-cancer-statistics/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/breast-cancer-statistics/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/breast-cancer-statistics/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 13:00:56 +0000 Staffan http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1784 Breast Cancer increases with income But so does the chances of saving women with cancer.]]> http://www.gapminder.org/videos/breast-cancer-statistics/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/liver-cancer-statistics/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/liver-cancer-statistics/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 22:34:10 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1890 Vaccination, but not high-income, can prevent liver cancer.]]> http://www.gapminder.org/videos/liver-cancer-statistics/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/colon-cancer-statistics/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/colon-cancer-statistics/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 22:33:58 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1889 High-income 'cause' and may cure colon cancer!]]> http://www.gapminder.org/videos/colon-cancer-statistics/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/stomach-cancer-statistics/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/stomach-cancer-statistics/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 22:33:40 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1881 Stomach cancer highest in middle income countries.]]> http://www.gapminder.org/videos/stomach-cancer-statistics/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/cervical-cancer-statistics/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/cervical-cancer-statistics/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 13:13:16 +0000 Staffan http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1723 Cervical Cancer can be prevented and treated. Today it is most common among women in low-income countries.]]> http://www.gapminder.org/videos/cervical-cancer-statistics/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/income-per-person-revised/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/income-per-person-revised/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:46:13 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1719 http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/income-per-person-revised/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/more-news/new-google-feature-public-data-search/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/more-news/new-google-feature-public-data-search/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:29:26 +0000 Staffan http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1699 http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/more-news/new-google-feature-public-data-search/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/rosling-on-svt/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/rosling-on-svt/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:16:09 +0000 Staffan http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1676 http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/rosling-on-svt/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/more-news/two-new-videos-with-hans-rosling/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/more-news/two-new-videos-with-hans-rosling/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:18:32 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1641 http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/more-news/two-new-videos-with-hans-rosling/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/shanghai-new-york-mumbai/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/shanghai-new-york-mumbai/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:12:05 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1629 Is Shanghai healthier than New York? And how do Washington D.C. and Mumbai rank?]]> http://www.gapminder.org/videos/shanghai-new-york-mumbai/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/income-per-person-in-gapminder-world/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/income-per-person-in-gapminder-world/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:00:19 +0000 Claes http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1541 http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/income-per-person-in-gapminder-world/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/learn-to-use-gapminder-in-the-classroom-in-swedish/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/learn-to-use-gapminder-in-the-classroom-in-swedish/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:51:45 +0000 Klara http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1511 http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/learn-to-use-gapminder-in-the-classroom-in-swedish/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/gapminder-starts-news-letter/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/gapminder-starts-news-letter/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:20:57 +0000 Staffan http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1487 http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/gapminder-starts-news-letter/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/new-data-documentation/hiv-documentation-updated/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/new-data-documentation/hiv-documentation-updated/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:47:07 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1456 http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/new-data-documentation/hiv-documentation-updated/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/uncategorized/hans-rosling-debunks-myth-in-new-lecture-series/ http://www.gapminder.org/uncategorized/hans-rosling-debunks-myth-in-new-lecture-series/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:53:34 +0000 Staffan http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1407 http://www.gapminder.org/uncategorized/hans-rosling-debunks-myth-in-new-lecture-series/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/planetizen-top-10-list/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/planetizen-top-10-list/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:07:08 +0000 Staffan http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1356 http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/planetizen-top-10-list/feed/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/yes-they-can-2/ http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/yes-they-can-2/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:03:32 +0000 admin http://www.gapminder.org/?p=1325 http://www.gapminder.org/world-blog/yes-they-can-2/feed/