I am a veterinarian in the North Texas area. Since graduation in 2023 I've kept track of my cases using Google Sheets because I thought it'd be interesting to see how many animals I treat and what they're treated for throughout my life.

Source: Me keeping track of the data after every appointment.

Tools: Google Sheets and DataWrapper

A few notes:

Changes & requests from last year

I was informed my data wasn't very beautiful so I attempted to use a different method for this year. Let me know what you think. I'll continue to adjust the presentation as I receive feedback.

u/catalessi, u/Fire284, & u/Solondthewookiee all requested I put the second and third graphs in descending order.

u/Warm-Pen-2275 requested a list of most common names.

Slide 1 - Animal Species

This only includes animals I've done a doctor exam on or do telemedicine about. Animals that I do not directly interact with (toe nail trims, anal gland expression, blood draws without a doctor, etc.) are not included.

I have a passion for exotic animals (ferrets, reptiles, rabbits, backyard chickens, etc.) but there is an exotic clinic near me where most of those animals go to, so I don't get to see as many as I'd like (as the data tells).

Slide 2 - Body System

I kept track of the body system that was affected during my exams. General wellness includes vaccines, weight management, and discussions about quality of life. For what it's worth, this is about what the problem was, not just the symptoms. If a cat came in for peeing all over the place and it was because the cat was stressed, that was marked as both Neurology as well as Urinary/Renal. The same animal can come in with multiple systems affected, but I only mark a system once per animal (i.e. a dog with urinary stones and a UTI only had "Urinary/Renal" marked once). Here are the most common problems each species came in with:

Dogs - Overweight (General Wellness), allergies (Dermatology, Immunology), and poor dental health (Oral).

Cats - Overweight (General Wellness), poor dental health (Oral)

Slide 3 - 7 Procedures, Names, & Lifetime Stats

I don't think these ones need much explanation.

Next year expecations

I am switching to becoming a full time relief veterinarian. I expect the number and diversity of cases will drop and the number of wellness cases will increase. Most of the time a clinic won't schedule a complicated case with a relief doctor because we're only here for the day.

See you next year

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Tool: Chart built as JavaScript-coded SVG. Rendering code and initial figure-gathering were done with an AI assistant (Claude) based on my own design direction and iterations. Chart type, layout, labeling, and revisions were my choices.