Chart assignment

Charts to read and discuss

Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.

  1. How many food recalls are for undeclared allergens each year?
  2. How much does each country spend on health care per person?

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Chart 1 of 2 · Food and drug safety

How many food recalls are for undeclared allergens each year?

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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.

Questions to discuss

  1. In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
  2. Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
  3. 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

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  • MLA

    “How Many Food Recalls Are for Undeclared Allergens Each Year?” Chartly, 4 Nov. 2026, chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

  • APA

    Chartly. (2026, November 4). How many food recalls are for undeclared allergens each year? [Chart]. Retrieved November 12, 2026, from https://chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year

  • Chicago

    Chartly. “How Many Food Recalls Are for Undeclared Allergens Each Year?” Chart. Data from U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data). Updated November 4, 2026. Accessed November 12, 2026. https://chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year.

Chart 2 of 2 · World

How much does each country spend on health care per person?

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In 2023, the United States spent $13,473 per person on health care, about 10 times the world figure of $1,317. Germany spent $6,395, Japan $3,638, China $763 and India $85; Madagascar spent the least, $17. Search 191 countries and territories. Spending counts what governments, insurers and households paid for health care, but not new hospitals or equipment, in US dollars at each year's exchange rates, not adjusted for differences in prices.

How to read this chart

Each bar is what a country spent on health care in a year, by governments, insurers and households together, divided by its population and turned into U.S. dollars. The dashed line is the world. The figures aren't adjusted for prices, so a dollar buys more care in some countries than others.

Questions to discuss

  1. About how many times the world figure does the United States spend per person?
  2. Does spending more on health care per person always mean people live longer? What other chart on Chartly could help you check?
  3. Doctors and nurses are paid less in some countries. How would that change what these dollar figures can tell you?

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) (CC BY 4.0 (credit the World Bank)) · Data as of Dec 31, 2023

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  • MLA

    “How Much Does Each Country Spend on Health Care per Person?” Chartly, 31 Dec. 2023, chart.ly/charts/health-spending-per-person-by-country. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

  • APA

    Chartly. (2023, December 31). How much does each country spend on health care per person? [Chart]. Retrieved November 12, 2026, from https://chart.ly/charts/health-spending-per-person-by-country

  • Chicago

    Chartly. “How Much Does Each Country Spend on Health Care per Person?” Chart. Data from World Bank, World Development Indicators: Current health expenditure per capita (current US$). Updated December 31, 2023. Accessed November 12, 2026. https://chart.ly/charts/health-spending-per-person-by-country.

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