Pitch: This viz shows deaths by race in West Virginia. What is interesting to note here is specifically the month of October. West Virginia is predominantly white so there is no surprise there that the highest death count is coming from them. But it is interesting to note that in the category unknown we see a sudden sharp decrease in October. In the previous months it was increasing suddenly and then in October it dropped to the lowest level when compared to other categories. My biggest question to start with is who is in this category. Then why was there a sharp decrease in October. The sharp increase in deaths for the white community may be due to the nearing of election and the rallies. But I am really interested to know why the unknown category dropped. They haven’t even changed their method to record data so that cannot be the reason.
Sources:
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
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