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And now here comes the numbers where you can start making comparisons between years and between age groups.
As a reminder, I’m doing this for full-year 2020, as we have finalized cause of death database numbers for that year. The 2021 numbers are provisional, and when I do future...
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I looked at this very thing using a table from the CDC for the year 2017, a post I wrote in December 2019.
You can go to that post to see what that CDC table looked like.
I did a top causes of death post in April 2021,...
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Several people emailed me this article this morning:
The Center Square: Indiana life insurance CEO says deaths are up 40% among people ages 18-64
The head of Indianapolis-based insurance company OneAmerica said the death rate is up a stunning 40% from pre-pandemic levels among working-age people.
“We are seeing, right now,...
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Whew, a lot to try to push out before the 12 days of Christmas (and do I have plans for Christmas! (do I? (YES!))
First, let me lead with the good news: THE 2020 DATA ARE IN!
Okay, we’ve had 2020 data for some...
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Somebody asked me to calculate the likelihood that at least one of Trump, Biden, or (Hillary) Clinton wouldn’t run in 2024…. because they’d be dead.
Now, there are so many assumptions that have to go into such a calculation, and I could throw in so many caveats (which I’m not going...
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It’s Giving Tuesday, and yes, I will piggyback on it like everybody else.
Unfortunately, I do not have happy news for today. I’m actually going to avoid digging into 2020-2021 stats today, because I don’t want to. Supposedly, suicide rates dropped during the pandemic…. but I think it’s because...
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As I said back in October, Winter is Coming. No, I didn’t know a new variant was coming, but given omicron is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (and yes, two letters were skipped over, let’s move on), let us assume more variants are on the way,...
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Thanks to all who have donated to my Movember fundraiser so far!
For those unfamiliar, Movember focuses on men’s health concerns in the areas of prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s mental health (particularly around suicide).
My dad has been a huge inspiration to me in my life...
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Last Week, I posted about my Movember fundraising, and thanks to everybody who boosted up my numbers! Huzzah! (Update at end of post)
Also, today is International Men’s Day:
Yay for men!
Movember centers on men’s health, and,...
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Since 2017, I have been doing Movember fundraising:
My husband Stuart was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 2017. The treatment regimen he’s been on didn’t even exist until recently, and he’s been stable, though this is currently uncurable cancer.
Globally, more than 1.4M men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each...
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