Visualizing Health, as Distinct from Healthcare Policy

Information Aesthetics is a fascinating trove of ideas and inspiration, regularly highlighting the creative and instructional work of others.  In this chart, above, produced by General Electric's Health Visualizer, we see a visualization of heart disease, by age grouping.

The data themselves are interesting, but the topic is also interesting. When the crunch comes, the health issue that people are really interested in is health itself, much more than health insurance.