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Keeping the aliens away (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

The top is the percentage of people while the bottom is the total incidence. This is an apples and oranges comparison. In this case the bottom map is functionally a population map as others have pointed out. Most stats are best in "#/thousand people" or equivalent, but should always in the same unit if compared.