Yeah, they should have been tables. Even better, just one table for all locations, to encourage comparisons. Because each area currently shows different statist

Yeah, they should have been tables. Even better, just one table for all locations, to encourage comparisons. Because each area currently shows different statistics, the article could be giving a distorted view, by showing just the most negative news and hiding positive news. Aside from that, I think the graphs should be rotated 90 degrees so decline is down and time progresses to the right. I dislike the ugly color choice, but that's at least somewhat defensible on a11y grounds.