The Grim Reaper’s Road Map: An Atlas of Mortality in Britain, which came out last year, “analyses over 14 million deaths over the 24-year period 1981-2004 in Britain. It gives a comprehensive overview of the geographical pattern of mortality,” including all deaths and deaths from a number of different causes. Examples of the maps can be found in this PDF excerpt (3.1 MB). Via geoparadigm.
Previously: The Death Map.
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