Data 101: Life Expectancy Analysis

Background

Data Origin: World Health Organization and it was published onto the Global Health Data Observatory repository

Guiding Questions: What factors impact life expectancy is Sub-Saharan Africa? Does schooling years per country impact vaccination rates and general life expectancy??

Main Techniques

1. Scatter Plots (To compare numerical variables)

2. Correlation Heatmap

Glimpse Into Data

      Country Continent Year     Status Life_expectancy Adult_Mortality
1 Afghanistan      Asia 2015 Developing            65.0             263
2 Afghanistan      Asia 2014 Developing            59.9             271
3 Afghanistan      Asia 2013 Developing            59.9             268
4 Afghanistan      Asia 2012 Developing            59.5             272
5 Afghanistan      Asia 2011 Developing            59.2             275
6 Afghanistan      Asia 2010 Developing            58.8             279
  infant_deaths Alcohol percentage_expenditure Hepatitis_B Measles  BMI
1            62    0.01              71.279624          65    1154 19.1
2            64    0.01              73.523582          62     492 18.6
3            66    0.01              73.219243          64     430 18.1
4            69    0.01              78.184215          67    2787 17.6
5            71    0.01               7.097109          68    3013 17.2
6            74    0.01              79.679367          66    1989 16.7
  under_five_deaths Polio Total_expenditure Diphtheria HIV.AIDS       GDP
1                83     6              8.16         65      0.1 584.25921
2                86    58              8.18         62      0.1 612.69651
3                89    62              8.13         64      0.1 631.74498
4                93    67              8.52         67      0.1 669.95900
5                97    68              7.87         68      0.1  63.53723
6               102    66               9.2         66      0.1 553.32894
  Population thinness..1.19.years thinness.5.9.years
1   33736494                 17.2               17.3
2     327582                 17.5               17.5
3   31731688                 17.7               17.7
4    3696958                 17.9               18.0
5    2978599                 18.2               18.2
6    2883167                 18.4               18.4
  Income_composition_of_resources Schooling
1                           0.479      10.1
2                           0.476        10
3                            0.47       9.9
4                           0.463       9.8
5                           0.454       9.5
6                           0.448       9.2

Preliminary Statistical Visualization

Select for 10 Sub-Saharan African Countries

Explanation: To Focus on Specific Countries under common theme

Visual One: Health Expenditure (% of Total Govt Spending) vs. Life Expectancy

Visual One: Health Expenditure (% of Total Govt Spending) vs. Life Expectancy (With Interactivity)

Visual 2 : Schooling and Health Factors (HIV, Life Expectancy, and Polio)

Visual 3: Sub-Saharan Heatmap (2014)

Visual 4: Schooling and Life Expectancy