Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Choking deaths on food in the US

correlates with

US candy and chocolate sales

r = 0.99499% · 2005-2021
Choking deaths on food in the USUS candy and chocolate sales

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2005-2021. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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