YellowFin has some new interactive visualizations up on their site as part of a new Blog posting that chronicles the damaging effects of war through some interesting visualizations. Specifically, they look at life expectancy during several turbulent periods around the world to see how it varies. During periods of violent unrest (civil war, etc) you can see visible drops.
The 70s was a devastating and infamous time in Cambodia’s history, where at its lowest point in 1975/76, the average life expectancy plummeted to 33 years of age. It began when Prince Sihanouk was removed from power in 1970 by a right-wing US-backed military coup. Sihanouk joined forces with Pol Pot to oppose the new military government. In the same year, the US also invaded Cambodia in an attempt to stamp out the strong North Vietnamese presence along the Cambodian border.
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