World Health Statistics, but cool!

Frankwatching pointed me to this great presentation at this years Ted conference by professor Hans Rosling of the Karolinska instute in Sweden. He gives a great talk on the misinterpretation of the third world, but the best thing is: He has cool graphics. He for instance shows how internet disseminated in the world, through letting balloons go up on a scale and you can see the great differences. Have a look at his presentation here, or play with the data online at Google.

http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=hans_rosling
http://tools.google.com/gapminder
http://www.gapminder.org/Projects/FlowerPower/FlowerPowerPoint.ppt
He also has an organisation around it: http://www.gapminder.org
This is also very much a pointer, why governments should open up statistical data.