I’m all for pretty graphs, but it’s more important that the data be correct.

The data has been completely misinterpreted.

For the column labeled “# who have been married,”what are the units? Thousands, presumably, assuming this data is for the entire US.

The column labeled “# who have been married” should be labeled “people who are currently married.” People in the 80’s are not unmarried because they’re swinging singles — they’re widowed.

Likewise, the divorce data doesn’t include those who divorced and remarried. So the “divorce rate” is all wrong.

The authors spent more time picking pretty colors than thinking about the data.