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Dataset
[edit]United States Soviet Union 1945 6 1946 11 1947 32 1948 110 1949 235 1 1950 369 5 1951 640 25 1952 1,005 50 1953 1,436 120 1954 2,063 150 1955 3,057 200 1956 4,618 426 1957 6,444 660 1958 9,822 869 1959 15,468 1,060 1960 20,434 1,605 1961 24,111 2,471 1962 27,297 3,322 1963 29,249 4,238 1964 30,751 5,221 1965 31,642 6,129 1966 31,700 7,089 1967 30,893 8,339 1968 28,884 9,399 1969 26,910 10,538 1970 26,119 11,643 1971 26,365 13,092 1972 27,296 14,478 1973 28,335 15,915 1974 28,170 17,385 1975 27,052 19,055 1976 25,956 21,205 1977 25,099 23,044 1978 24,243 25,393 1979 24,107 27,935 1980 23,764 30,062 1981 23,031 32,049 1982 22,937 33,952 1983 23,154 35,804 1984 23,228 37,431 1985 23,135 39,197 1986 23,254 40,723 1987 23,490 38,859 1988 23,077 37,333 1989 22,174 35,805 1990 21,211 33,417 1991 18,306 28,595 1992 13,731 25,155 1993 11,536 21,101 1994 11,012 18,399 1995 10,953 14,978 1996 10,886 12,085 1997 10,829 11,264 1998 10,763 10,764 1999 10,698 10,451 2000 10,615 10,201 2001 10,491 9,126 2002 10,640 8,600 2003 10,388 7,800 2004 10,350 7,200 2005 9,962 5,830
Comments
[edit]I suggest less dates be labeled on the x-axis; especially in the small version, it really unbalances the look of it, and they are hard to read. Also, I find wider time units actually more helpful for making sense of such information; it makes me think of the general context of, say, the decade, instead of one specific year.
Another possibility would be to label a few political events that affected the stockpiles. Very useful graph as it is, though.--130.132.146.165 18:25, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
- I think the X-axis comment is right on and will change that. I think labeling political events could get complicated, though. --Fastfission 01:09, 20 April 2006 (UTC)