Causes of Death as a Cloud - Death by Numbers

The following visualization displays a word cloud of causes of death within the Plague Bills. The size of the text indicates a greater number of occurrences. This graphic updates regularly as new bills are added to the database.

Word Cloud of Causes of Death

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This figure updates regularly as new data is transcribed and added to the database.

Suggested citation

Please use the following as a suggested citation:

Jason Heppler, “Causes of Death as a Cloud,” Death by Numbers, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University (2025): https://dev.deathbynumbers.org/visualizations/wordcloud/.