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Note that we’re not counting “pandemic” outbreaks like H1N1 in 2009, or the Spanish Flu, which occurred 100 years ago. This is just normal, seasonal flu.
And last season it was really bad.
The tally is in, and it’s 80,000. That’s just the deaths. That is not including 1...
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The timing of the Spanish Flu pandemic in the U.S. is that it originated in a U.S. Army training camp in the spring of 1918… but that wave wasn’t too harsh… then the men went over to Europe.
In September 1918, as the allied powers were winning, and some soldiers were...
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Sorry guys, I just love doing these things.
Maybe I could have gone with Longevity instead of mortality (because most of what I have below is fun), but hey. I’m not big on headlines.
THE DAY THAT NOBODY
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Look, we all have our hobbies.
I like calculating death probabilities.
Here are two prior posts on this specific subject:
Feb 2017: Mortality Monday: Supreme Court Probabilities
April 2017: Mortality Monday (with a little Trumpery): Supreme Court Probabilities Take 2
So now I’m updating my calculations given the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh....
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You guys.
YOU GUYS
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!
Some years back, I noticed the Society of Actuaries asked for public pension plans to submit their mortality experience. The SOA has done a deep...
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When I saw this idiocy, I knew I’d have to comment on it.
From the thoroughly discredited Newsweek:
RETIRE NEVER? RUSSIA SETS AGE OF RETIREMENT AFTER DEATH
So, let me stipulate that those who write headlines for these type of publications are often not...
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Today's video is on a very simple proposal to extend healthy life: raise the minimum age of eligibility for Social Security Old Age benefits.by meep
Before I get back into my project of reading newspaper pieces from 100 years ago, in an effort to see how the Spanish Flu pandemic looked to people in my area back then, I want to warn about our current flu epidemic in the U.S.
CDC: Flu now epidemic,...
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As mentioned last year, I stopped off doing Mortality Mondays when my husband Stu was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer… and while I still look at mortality stats all the time (and talk about them), I just didn’t feel like continuing that on this blog.
However, I have been waiting for...
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I generally keep my personal stuff to facebook and/or livejournal, but a quick word.
My husband, Stuart, (the STU part of STUMP) was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer at age 55 this year. I’ve been doing weekly Stu updates on livejournal, reposted to facebook, generally on Saturdays....
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