Data, Revealed

UNC Sheps Center counts 197 rural hospital closures and conversions since 2005. Across mapped counties that lost their nearest hospital, desk road-network joins put the median added drive to an open emergency department at about 22 minutes — and 38% of those counties face 30 minutes or more.

Aug 28, 2026

Economics

Charted: Days Not Worked per 1,000 — Which OECD Countries Still Lose Material Time to Strikes?

ILOSTAT puts Canada at 376 days not worked per 1,000 employees in 2023 and Finland at 368 in 2022 — while Sweden sits near zero. The post-2022 inflation bump was real in several countries; the UK’s 2024 cool-down shows it was not permanent everywhere.

Aug 27, 2026

Global Systems

Charted: Global Road Deaths Fell per Vehicle — But Kenya Still Sees 350 Deaths per 100k Vehicles

WHO GSRRS 2023: deaths per 100k vehicles dropped 41% (79→47) as the fleet more than doubled. Kenya and Nigeria still clear 240+ deaths per 100k vehicles at low motorization; Sweden sits at 3.3.

Aug 27, 2026

Dark navy cinematic illustration of apartment silhouettes under a descending teal social-housing share bar chart, Visual Capitalist-style data editorial

Economics

Charted: Social Rental Housing Still Tops 20% of Dwellings in Only Three OECD Countries

OECD PH4.2 puts social rental dwellings at ~7.1% of the OECD housing stock on average. The Netherlands (34%), Austria (24%), and Denmark (21%) still clear 20% — while 18 of 25 countries with a decade pair saw the relative stock shrink.

Aug 26, 2026

Dark navy cinematic logistics illustration of diverging teal spot and amber contract rate ribbons peaking apart above silhouetted trucks and a crimson sector bid ladder

Transport & Logistics

Charted: Van Spot’s Last Month Above Contract Was January 2022 — Food & Beverage Still Took the Biggest Renewal Lift

DAT’s national van spot last beat contract in January 2022 ($3.11 vs $2.98); by July 2022 spot sat about 58¢ under. Fall renewal awards still hit food & beverage hardest (+19% YoY) — specialized capacity priced the RFP, not the spot tape alone.

Aug 26, 2026

Dark navy cinematic logistics illustration of a descending teal rail employment curve crossing an amber terminal-dwell pulse that peaks earlier along freight tracks

Transport & Logistics

Charted: Class I Rail Headcount Fell ~29% Under PSR — Terminal Dwell Rose First

STB Class I employment dropped from ~163k in 2015 to ~116k in 2022 (−29%). AAR terminal dwell climbed ~4.7 hours by 2019 — about three years before the employment trough — then eased while payrolls stayed thin. Headcount vs dwell inflection, not a single-year shock.

Aug 25, 2026

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