According to recent news (Source), a higher percentage of baby's in the province of Limburg are born with a birth defect than in the rest of the Netherlands.
The bar chart on the right shows the difference in percentage between Limburg and the Netherlands. This difference is seen as alarming, but researchers are not sure what causes this effect.
Therefore, this website aims to explore the differences between Limburg and the Netherlands on several different aspects using data from between the years 2006 and 2015. On the page "Visualization", three visualizations exploring these differences can be found: a map displaying the population size per province, a population pyramid comparing the relative presence of certain age groups in Limburg and a chosen province, and a grouped barchart comparing Limburg and a chosen province on several topics (births and deaths, migration, education, income, social security and causes of death).
On the "About" page, more background information and a description of the data and visualizations can be found. The data source is also listed on this page.