mortality Category
Memory Monday: Second Week of January 1918
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,...
Mortality Theme: Watching the Spanish Flu in Old Newspapers
by meep
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...
Movember Campaign -- Prostate Cancer and Suicide Prevention
by meep
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....
Mortality Monday: When Do People Die?
by meep
No, I don’t mean what age do they die (though, that is somewhat involved).
What time of year do people die? Is there something special about the particular day or month? (I don’t have time of day records, but that would be iffy at any rate. Next week, I’ll...
Mortality Monday: Suicide -- Rates
by meep
Now we come to the nub — last week I showed absolute numbers of suicides in the U.S. in 2014, but those numbers show a distortionary effect. When I slice by sex, at least the underlying populations are about the same size (except for old folks). But when slicing...
Mortality Monday: Suicide -- the Absolute Numbers
by meep
Looking at the create date for this post, it was 14 August 2014. I started it, and built up a lot. But didn’t post it.
If you’re here because of recent events: Statement by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention on Chester Bennington
The reason I started the post...
Mortality Monday: More Chicago Shootings and Longer-Term Trends
by meep
That didn’t last very long.
JULY 4 FESTIVITIES
Chicago police express frustration after more than 100 shot in violent Fourth of July weekend
Note, not all 100 were fatal...
Mortality Monday: DEATH TO GEESE
by meep
Okay, one particular goose:
Several hundred dollars later, my windshield was made whole (and I’m still in NC), but I wondered: how many people die because they collide with animals?
ANIMAL ENCOUNTER DIAGNOSES
Going back to the mortality database from the U.S. in 2014, I needed to figure...
Mortality Monday: Memorial Day and the U.S. Civil War
by meep
Memorial Day started out as Decoration Day after the Civil War:
May 1868
By proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, the first major Memorial Day observance is held to honor those who died “in defense of their country during the late rebellion.” Known to...
Mortality Monday: All About Traffic Deaths!
by meep
And right in time for the most deadly weekend for traffic accidents:
THE DEADLIEST HOLIDAY FOR CAR ACCIDENTS
Drivers and passengers, beware: You are four times as likely to die in a traffic accident over the Memorial Day weekend as over a regular weekend, according...
Navigation
home, about, contact, links, archive, search,Atom 0.3
20, Apr 2018
Tweets
meepbobeep
- @JanetheActuary @SOActuaries Oh wait -- one can do this in teams -- you wanna team up? Apr 20, 09:50 AM
- @JanetheActuary @SOActuaries I'm too tired to actually execute by writing this up. Somebody else want to? Apr 20, 09:43 AM
- @SOActuaries I'll do a real easy one: raise the minimum eligible retirement rate. Too much of a mortality bump at a… t.co/82Kv2FySzP Apr 19, 09:46 PM
- @phl43 a free beverage of my choice? i'd like some laphroig... Apr 19, 09:43 PM
The Random 3 Blogroll
Pension Tsunami by Jack DeanTwitchy
Don Surber