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Texting and Driving Fatalities in 1960 (lemmy.world)
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[–] RvTV95XBeo 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Really not a fair comparison - data clearly needs to be normalized per capita. NY had ~58x the population of NV in 1960.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You're absolutely right. Just fixed it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Did you though? Looks like the legend is still using absolute numbers.

[–] RvTV95XBeo 10 points 7 months ago

Naw op definitely changed, now it's clearly fatalities per 1000 residents. Thanks OP.