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NHS helpline: what does the data say?

The jury is out about whether the NHS 111 helpline should be scrapped. We look at the evidence on what happened next to callers
Guinea: country profile in numbers

The Beny Steinmetz mining deal put the West African country of Guinea in the spotlight. Here are the key numbers that have helped to shape the country's past, present and possibly its future
Corporate analysts collaborate with charities to tackle social issues

Analytics experts joined forces with charities and public bodies over the weekend in a 'Data Dive', the first of its kind in the UK
How prevalent is online abuse?

High profile cases like rape threats on Twitter against a feminist campaigner make the headlines, but how widespread is abuse on social media? We try to provide some data
How far does €410,000 get you in France?

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. Three names that have just cost the French public almost half a million euros after she charged them for a website she set up. What else could the government have spent the money on?
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US rendition: every suspected flight mapped

The Rendition Project has spent three years creating an interactive guide to CIA rendition flights of terrorist suspects, containing more than 11,000 rows of data
- US rendition map: what it means, and how to use it
2011 Census

UK Census: almost half of foreign-born population hold UK passports

At least 46% of foreign-born residents in England and Wales are British citizens, according to the latest set of 2011 Census data
- UK Census: the toll of being an unpaid carer
- UK Census: religion by age, ethnicity and country of birth
Offshore secrets

FTSE 100's use of tax havens – get the full list

The UK's biggest public companies have more than 8,000 subsidiaries or joint ventures in tax havens
- News: UK's top companies condemned for tax haven use
Data journalism

Facts are Sacred: the power of data

Facts are Sacred: Everything you need to know about our new guidebook to data journalism - in pictures and videos
- VIDEO: What is data journalism at The Guardian?
- Gallery: how we visualised data in our new book

World government data

Governments around the globe are opening up their data vaults – allowing you to check out the numbers for yourself.

Search for government data here from countries, cities and states around the world – and we're adding more all the time. Read more about this on the Datablog. Find out how to use our world government data API here

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Government spending

The government has released spending by every department over £25,000. Search the key data using our explorer
Higher Education?

Does Funding Equal Happiness? By Tony Hirst: ouseful.open.ac.uk
Recipe search

Learn about how it works and what kinds of commercial possibilities the case study demonstrates
Live traffic cameras

Watch London's traffic cameras live on your iPad
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About Open platform

We are increasingly opening our tools and resources to create more opportunity for application developers. Whether you want to reach wider audiences, engage users more deeply or develop innovative advertising campaigns we have a range of services that can accelerate your digital ambitions

Reference data

All our datasets: the complete index

Lost track of the hundreds of datasets published by the Guardian Datablog since 2009? Thanks to ScraperWiki, this is the ultimate list and resource.
The Guardian rosetta

Looking for ISO country codes? Or hospital IDs? Take a look at our reference guide to IDs, codes and names
Every British prime minister listed since 1721

Full list of every British prime minister, ever, including David Cameron
- US presidents
Interest rates since 1694

Find out just how low rates are, with this spreadsheet of all interest rate changes, ever

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UK GDP since 1955

Gross domestic product is the economic output of Britain. See how it has changed over time
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Population

China v the US: how the superpowers compare

As Barack Obama prepares for the 'no-necktie summit' with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping in California, we decided to look at the two superpowers and compare data such as health, wealth and environmental development – an inherently tricky task given the countries' markedly different systems. Can it be done? Join the debate here
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Education

Expulsions: are children becoming more violent?

The Department for Education has released statistics about how many children are excluded and why. Critics are already claiming that bad behaviour is on the rise - are they right?
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Culture

Spider-man: no longer the US's favourite comic book hero?

Comic book sales data shows that Batman may have overtaken the webbed wonder following the successful Dark Knight trilogy. Our interactive graphic shows how superheroes stack up
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Learn about data visualisation with the Guardian

29 September Learn how to present data with Guardian Masterclasses. This class is ideal for those who present for a living or work with data and want to make something visually compelling. Find out more and book your place

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