Data Visualizations

The following exploratory data visualizations are built off of our transcription methodology and data API. Use the category filters below to explore different types of analysis, or view all visualizations at once. Each visualization is interactive and built from our transcribed historical data.

Causes Seasonality

Visualizing the seasonality of causes of death

Jul 2025
Jason Heppler

Causes of Death

Sparklines of Causes of Deaths

Apr 2025
Savannah Scott

Mapping Suicides, Drownings, and Killings in the Bills of Mortality

Mapping text analysis on suicides, drownings, and killings in the Bills of Mortality.

Apr 2025
Savannah Scott, Hernan Adasme & Jason Heppler

Parish Deaths

Sparklines of plague and non-plague parish deaths

Mar 2025
Savannah Scott & Jason Heppler

Mapping Burials and Plague

Mapping plague and non-plague deaths

Feb 2025
Savannah Scott & Jason Heppler

Calendar of Causes

Graphing the causes of death over time

Oct 2024
Jason Heppler

Causes Histograms

Graphing the causes of death per week

Oct 2024
Jason Heppler

The Monarchical Bills of Mortality, 1665-1669

Visualizing the causes of death by parish in the monarchical bills.

Nov 2023
Jessica Otis & Katie Kania

Infant and Maternal Mortality in the London Monarchical Bills 1665-1669

Visualizing infant and maternal mortality in the monarchical bills.

Oct 2023
Jessica Otis & Katie Kania

Causes of Death as a Cloud

Charting the causes of death

Jun 2023
Jason Heppler

Counting the Causes of Death

Charting the causes of death

Jun 2023
Jason Heppler

Counting the Transcribed Bills

Charting the completeness of our transcriptions

Mar 2023
Jason Heppler