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I kick off a new video series - mortality with meep! Start at the very beginning: q_xby meep
Announcing the return of Mortality Monday (yes, on a Wednesday), a look at mortality rates in light of recent news.by meep
Going over probabilities of spouses outliving each other... and expected number of years to outlive.by meep
100 years ago in Cincinnati: Our history: City suffered through deadly 1918 flu pandemic
October 1918 was the worst month and marks when the disease finally reached Cincinnati.
On Oct. 5, the Cincinnati Board of Health voted unanimously to close all churches, schools, theaters and public meeting places until the danger...
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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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