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Figures as of November 12, 2026, from each chart's current data.
Chart 1 of 3 · Food and drug safety
The chart's answer: The FDA classified 190 food recalls in 2025 for an allergen left off the label, such as milk, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, eggs, fish, shellfish or sesame; the most since 2013 was 282 in 2017. From 2013 through 2025, undeclared allergens were the most common reason food was recalled. A recall counts once however many products it covers, in the year FDA first listed it in its weekly Enforcement Report. Chartly sorted FDA's written reasons by their key words; a recall for a germ as well counts under the germ. Meat, poultry and most egg products are USDA's to recall and aren't included. The newest allergen recalls, this year's included, are listed below.
In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
Open question: answers will vary. Look for answers that use the chart's numbers and source.
Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA) · Data as of Nov 4, 2026 · chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year
Chart 2 of 3 · World
The chart's answer: The world had 8.22 billion people in 2025, about 2.7 times the 3.02 billion of 1960. It passed 8 billion in 2023. Figures are mid-year estimates from the United Nations, which revises them as new censuses come in.
Judging from the chart, about how many years did it take the world to add its most recent billion people?
Is the line getting steeper or flatter in recent years? What does that tell you about the growth rate?
These numbers are estimates that the UN revises. Why is it hard to count every person on Earth?
Open question: answers will vary. Look for answers that use the chart's numbers and source.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (CC BY 4.0 (credit the World Bank)) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025 · chart.ly/charts/world-population
Chart 3 of 3 · Baby names
The chart's answer: Type any name to see how many U.S. babies were given it each year since 1880, for girls or boys. Emma, shown first, went from 2,003 girls in 1880 down to 414 in 1976, then back up to a peak of 22,719 in 2003; in 2025 it was 12,754. The counts come from Social Security card applications, so the early years undercount everyone. A year with fewer than 5 babies of a name shows as 0, because Social Security leaves those names out for privacy.
Look up your own name or a friend's. When was it most popular, and what might explain that?
Answers depend on what each student looks up on the chart.
Why are counts from the 1880s lower than counts today, even for names that were very popular then?
Answers depend on what each student looks up on the chart.
How could you change these counts to fairly compare a name's popularity in 1900 with today?
Answers depend on what each student looks up on the chart.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (national data) (Public domain (U.S. government work)) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025 · chart.ly/charts/baby-name-popularity
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