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Yes, I haven’t posted in a bit. This may explain. I cannot promise any particular publication schedule, alas. I never know when the pain will hit.
As mentioned in this post, U.S. Life Expectancy Fell 2.4% in 2020, and Death Rates Increased 16.1%, I want to address what happened with some of the major causes of death in 2020.
The causes of death in the following are in the order of magnitude (excluding
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In 2020, there were over 93K deaths due to drug overdoses — a 30% increase over 2019.
This is super-bad, and worse than what I have seen for increases in other causes of death. I knew it was going to be bad, but I didn’t realize it was going to...
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I am writing this in response to something incredibly stupid.
Dear lord, this is so incredibly stupid (and yes, I know
mattyglesias</a> is making fun of Tucker, but if he's not doing that... it's still stupid)<br><br>yes, I'm writing about a blog post about this.<br><br>Just some basic info...
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As an actuary, Bobby Bonilla Day is my favorite day of the year.
The short version of the story is that Bobby Bonilla’s agent negotiated a very valuable deferred annuity arrangement for his client over 20 years ago, and Bonilla is still benefitting from this deal.
Bonilla got a guaranteed 8% nominal...
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And both those are very large compared to recent trends, though small compared against the Spanish flu pandemic.
Via Benefits Pro (and using the Actuarial News link): Life expectancy in U.S. dropped by almost two years between 2018 and 2020
Life expectancy in the United States between 2018 and 2020 decreased...
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I am mostly composing this blog post using my transcription software. I am still learning how to use the various commands in the software, so I’m still doing a few manual adjustments.
I have a few videos that I made yesterday and today, but I want you to see the video...
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