Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data regarding varicella (chickenpox) virus incidence and mortality rates.
Statistics on U.S. smoking rates and tobacco taxation rates for all fifty states.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/state_data/
Related Data Story: State-Level Policies Reduce Smoking Rates Nationwide
If you’re an American over the age of 25, you may remember chickenpox -- formally known as the varicella zoster virus -- as an inevitable rite of passage. As the Center for Disease Control has written: “Before the availability of varicella vaccine in the United States almost everyone had varicella.” [[source](https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/surv-manual/chpt17-varicella.html)]
Since the [first studies were published in 1950 linking tobacco use to lung cancer](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/tobacco/tobacco_history.htm) there has been exponential attention on the issue of smoking. As new research determines links between tobacco-use and harmful side effects such as cancer, policy and disincentives grow in strictness.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report, 2014 (https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr)
Data is split into two categories:
Violent Crime: Includes aggravated assault, murder, rape and robbery.
Property Crime: Includes arson, burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft.
Top 10 Most Populous U.S. Cities:
How are crime rates and types represented appropriately when comparing major metropolitan cities?