Datasets Digest: celebrity deaths | ACA state data | USDA nutritional data
For our last Digest of 2016, we bring you an homage to the celebrities who passed this year, some new insights into the outcomes of Obamacare, and a summary of USDA nutritional data for you to chew on as you formulate your new year’s resolutions.
Celebrity deaths in 2016
via @popculture
We lost many beloved celebrities in 2016–6,490 to be exact, according to this dataset. Explore this dataset to see the chronological distribution of celebrity deaths over the past year and view breakdowns by age, cause of death, and more.
ACA state data
via @gswider
Opinions abound on whether or not Obamacare should be repealed; let’s see whether the data supports that. This dataset provides some new insights into the outcomes of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), which users can analyze to determine how the legislation has impacted the American healthcare system.
USDA nutritional data
via @craigkelly
Who knew that spotted seal oil has 894 calories per serving? The USDA, that’s who. Find key nutritional data on anything from Applebee’s to Zwieback baby foods in this mouth-watering dataset.
MEDIA HIGHLIGHT
The Austin Fire Show released their latest podcast this week, which features two of the data.world co-founders Brett Hurt (Chief Executive Officer) and Jon Loyens (Chief Product Officer) as they discuss what they ate for breakfast and what it’s like building the data network of the future.
Listen to it here
GROW YOUR NETWORK
JR Smith Evangelist. Acquia Demand Generation. @gabe_salzer.
Jeffrey Shih @shihzy
PM @ Microsoft, Workplace Analytics.
Dean Allemang @dallemang
Working Ontologist, LLC.
Special thanks to Brandon Gadoci, Selene Arrazolo, Noah Rippner & Dashiel Lopez Mendez
