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Yes, I haven’t posted in a bit. This may explain. I cannot promise any particular publication schedule, alas. I never know when the pain will hit.
As mentioned in this post, U.S. Life Expectancy Fell 2.4% in 2020, and Death Rates Increased 16.1%, I want to address what...
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In 2020, there were over 93K deaths due to drug overdoses — a 30% increase over 2019.
This is super-bad, and worse than what I have seen for increases in other causes of death. I knew it was going to be bad, but I didn’t realize it was going to...
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I am writing this in response to something incredibly stupid.
Dear lord, this is so incredibly stupid (and yes, I know
mattyglesias</a> is making fun of Tucker, but if he's not doing that... it's still stupid)<br><br>yes, I'm writing about a blog post about this.<br><br>Just some basic info...
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And both those are very large compared to recent trends, though small compared against the Spanish flu pandemic.
Via Benefits Pro (and using the Actuarial News link): Life expectancy in U.S. dropped by almost two years between 2018 and 2020
Life expectancy in the United States between 2018 and 2020 decreased...
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So I’ve got good news and bad news, and, alas, I’m going to start with some bad news (for me).
More here: Livejournal post on my diagnosis
The short written version is that...
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The Society of Actuaries recently published research based on preliminary mortality data from the CDC, where some causes of death are broken out by age through the third quarter of 2020 (and some only through the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The research is here: U.S. Population Mortality Observations: Preview...
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There have been 7m-13m excess deaths worldwide during the pandemic
This originally comes from The Economist, with additional info on their methodology.
Here is a video explainer:
So, here is my take: I agree on...
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Yes, I’m alive, I just haven’t been well lately.
So let’s cheer me up with some mortality!
About a month ago, we saw that accidental deaths were up, and this is a large category including things such as falls, drug overdoses, and car...
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Emma Woodhouse (who is handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to united some of the best blessings of existence, and has lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. . . and is also somebody pseudonymous on...
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Before I begin, let me remind you of my post from October 2020:
Even if all the COVID deaths stop now (they won’t), it looks like COVID will be #3 on the cause of death list for the U.S. in 2020, after cancer and heart disease.
Yes, cancer...
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