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Kvothealar t1_jdov8lb wrote

Reply to comment by wcedmisten in [OC] Map of Hospital Accessibility by Car in Virginia by wcedmisten

I would love to see another version of this that also factors in population density. How much of the population is within 10/20/30/40min? Etc

This is super cool. Great work. :)

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wcedmisten OP t1_jdoyvmq wrote

Thank you!

I actually calculated this, but haven't had a chance to add it to the visualization yet.

Here are the numbers:

10 mins: 5,596,838 (65.3%)
20 mins: 7,635,539 (88.7%)
30 mins: 8,296,515 (96.1%)
40 mins: 8,552,706 (99.0%)
This was estimated using the EU's Global Population Density Estimate dataset GHS POP .

Not quite sure the best way to visualize this data. Add it to the legend?

Perhaps not surprisingly, the hospitals are centered around dense urban areas, and so even though the 10 minute boundary doesn't cover most of the state's area, it does cover most of the population.

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Kvothealar t1_jdp137f wrote

That’s really cool! Thanks for sharing it :)

To visualize, I would maybe make a GIF which slides between the current graphic and a population density map?

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