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U.S. Gun Deaths are Mostly Suicides, not Homicides
by meep
This is true even after the relatively large increase in homicides and slight decrease in suicides during the pandemic.
Looking at the last few decades, while it fluctuates a bit, suicides still maintain their pride of place, as it were:
The “other” category includes accidental gun deaths (hunting accidents, kids goofing around, etc.), legal interventions, and gun deaths where intention was unclear. This totals 5% of less of total gun deaths in...
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Top Causes of Death for 2021: Heart Disease, Cancer, and COVID
by meep
Last week, the CDC did the monthly update of their mortality database. While it’s not finalized data for 2021, it looks like we’re pretty close to settled stats for 2021 mortality data.
Here is a ranking by cause of death, for count of deaths:
So you can see, the...
Troubled Multiemployer Pensions: Central States Teamsters Files for Bailout
by meep
It’s been a while since I’ve checked in on multiemployer pensions.
John Bury reports that Central States Teamsters has filed for their bailout from the Special Financial Assistance program:
The first 34 plans that filed requested a total $8.4 billion in bailout money from the PBGC Special Financial...
All Men Must Die, But They Don't Have to Die in Office
by meep
The hook: House passes two Alaska bills sponsored by late-Rep. Don Young
The House on Tuesday passed two bills sponsored by the late Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who died last month after serving 49 years in the House.
The bills — dubbed the Alaska Salmon Research Task Force Act and the...
Process is important: SALT cap and NY redistricting
by meep
Happy birthday to me! (I will ignore the hippie holiday today)
For those who are new readers to STUMP, I am a grumpy conservative, but worry not, that does not come (much) into my mortality posts. Other than reminding people that THEY WILL DIE!!!!!! (eventually)
My first blogging...
Pools are more dangerous than Covid to small children
by meep
I am getting a bit tired of people assume that a small, non-zero risk is a huge risk.
Upon hearing that a federal judge knocked down a fiat regulation that he liked, one person decided to enact a small twitter drama:
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- @Melorama2000 @virginiafoxx @RepTedBudd @RepMarkWalker wait - you live in NC? how did I not know that? May 16, 09:09 PM
- thanks for cutting off my graph, twitter. jeez. May 16, 09:09 PM
- U.S. gun deaths are mostly suicides, not homicides t.co/peZbhsbkKJ It does differ by state -- and was a… t.co/mIOfwudosX May 16, 09:08 PM
- @sepzilla Could be. Suicide rates differ for lots of different reasons. Not all suicides are gun suicides, obvi… t.co/dW6QuNQEaT May 16, 08:21 PM
- 2021 provisional results: all the data come from CDC Wonder, based on death certificates. When death counts <10, r… t.co/lECiv96Uks May 16, 08:18 PM
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