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Image of a bar graph showing the rise in domestic abuse incidents reported during the COVID-19 lockdown

The impact of COVID-19 on Northern Ireland

18th June 202018th June 2020 Keara McKay

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Keara McKay & Thomas Procter Our new visualisation based on figures and analysis published in the public domain by

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Ten reasons to be cautious about using R to support decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic

19th May 202020th May 2020 Robert Barry

Reading Time: 9 minutes The risk is that a complicated number is released without context into a world that doesn’t know how to

A line graph comparing COVID-19 deaths (five day moving averages) per million population for selected countries; five day moving averages include two days either side of date shown in chart (e.g. moving aveage for 14 April is an average taken over the five days 12-16 April).

COVID-19 Statistics & GIS

Where are we on the COVID-19 curve? (Update at 16 April 2020)

17th April 2020 Robert Barry

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is a follow-up to the recent blog article, ‘Where are we on the COVID-19 curve?. The previous article

COVID-19 Health & Social Care Statistics & GIS

Where are we on the COVID-19 curve?

10th April 202010th April 2020 Robert Barry

Reading Time: 4 minutes Most of us by now understand the need to ‘flatten the curve’ in order to reduce the number of

A blue and white image depicting a coronavirus

COVID-19 Health & Social Care Statistics & GIS

Visualisation of COVID-19 in Northern Ireland

9th April 20209th April 2020 Keara McKay

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Keara McKay & Thomas Procter This is a visualisation prepared and maintained by the Northern Ireland Assembly Research and

Immigration Statistics & GIS

A demographic profile of Northern Ireland in 2017

7th February 201910th June 2019 Ray Russell 0 Comments Demographic statistics

Reading Time: 6 minutes This paper presents a brief demographic profile of Northern Ireland, updating a previous article on this subject in 2016. It

Travel distances to nearest GP Practice, March 2018

Statistics & GIS

Celebrating GIS in the Northern Ireland Assembly

14th November 201811th February 2020 Keara McKay

Reading Time: 3 minutes Please note: this article was edited on 11.2.20 with up-to-date GIS maps showing travel distances to GP practices for 2015

A photograph showing a selection of titles from the 100 classification in the Assembly Library; in the Dewey Decimal system, 100 is used to classify philosophy and psychology

Statistics & GIS

Research Matters at 100

19th December 201728th March 2018 Research and Information Service

Reading Time: 6 minutes Our blog has just published its 100th article. The Assembly Research and Information Service launched Research Matters in May 2016