aNewDomain — Black Friday got you down? It could be worse. People get injured, even killed, as a result of the shopping craziness that takes place around Thansgiving (U.S.) every year.
I work at Silk, a data viz business that charts the kind of Black Friday data that’ll make your teeth hurt. Truly. Here are a few of the top line facts.
Wal-mart is the No. 1 place for Black Friday injuries and deaths. Be careful out there!
Data: black-fridays.silk.co
Pepper Spray was the weapon responsible for the most single day Black Friday injuries. It was responsible for 46 injuries in 2011.
Data from black-fridays.silk.co
The two deadliest Black Friday incidents occured in California.
Data: black-fridays.silk.co
Here’s a map showing the overall Black Friday injury and death toll since 2005.
Data: black-fridays.silk.co
For aNewDomain, I’m Kyle McCarthy.
Cover image: Gridprop at en.wikipedia [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
