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Causes of Death

29 points by antouank 11y ago

icc97 11y ago
80% of 20 year old males who die, die from 'External Causes'. That's just mad.
- x1798DE 11y ago
  Why? What do you expect a 20 year old male to die from? I would guess it's mostly violent accidents of one sort or another, since something has to go pretty wrong for someone to die in their prime.
- remarkEon 11y ago
  Realize that the y-axis represents a percentage, and as such it follows that if you die at such a young age it is much more likely it is from an external cause (gun violence, suicide, car accident, etc) than a health condition such as cancer.
FreedomToCreate 11y ago
Interesting to see the difference between males and females, especially when young. Looks like we should all be trying to maintain and strong circulatory system for our later years.
Jach 11y ago
Would really prefer the data as an overlapping plot, or a stacked bar chart, I hate stacked area charts even though I admit they're sexier than the other two... If you're not saddened enough, the rate of death for all causes is 1.8 people per second. SENS loves donations. (http://www.sens.org http://www.sens.org)
transfire 11y ago
If we could just find a way to create a better artificial respiratory system.
- nitin_flanker 11y ago
  And a promising & affordable cure for cancer too. I don't know where we have reached on that.
JoeAltmaier 11y ago
Maybe per-capita rates would be more informative. Using percentages makes it appear some causes decrease in our 20's. When really, 20-year-olds die more than other people (from accidents) and the other stay about the same.
anoplus 11y ago
I hope investors and entrepreneurs look at this data and use it as a guide for determining the purpose of innovation. Another interesting data we don't see is - The most common cause of SUFFERING, which should also appeal to the industry I hope.
stared 11y ago
I find this remark strange: > 3. I thought about filters for sex and race at the same time, so that you could compare say, black female versus black male. But I liked the simplicity of one filter at a time better. First, I got surprised why setting ethnicity erases sex. Second, morality varies a lot with sex. So putting in the same basket male and female is, at best, trashing important information.

Causes of Death

29 points by antouank 11y ago

icc97 11y ago

80% of 20 year old males who die, die from 'External Causes'. That's just mad.

x1798DE 11y ago
Why? What do you expect a 20 year old male to die from? I would guess it's mostly violent accidents of one sort or another, since something has to go pretty wrong for someone to die in their prime.
remarkEon 11y ago
Realize that the y-axis represents a percentage, and as such it follows that if you die at such a young age it is much more likely it is from an external cause (gun violence, suicide, car accident, etc) than a health condition such as cancer.

FreedomToCreate 11y ago

Interesting to see the difference between males and females, especially when young. Looks like we should all be trying to maintain and strong circulatory system for our later years.

Jach 11y ago

Would really prefer the data as an overlapping plot, or a stacked bar chart, I hate stacked area charts even though I admit they're sexier than the other two... If you're not saddened enough, the rate of death for all causes is 1.8 people per second. SENS loves donations. (http://www.sens.org http://www.sens.org)

transfire 11y ago

If we could just find a way to create a better artificial respiratory system.

nitin_flanker 11y ago
And a promising & affordable cure for cancer too. I don't know where we have reached on that.

JoeAltmaier 11y ago

Maybe per-capita rates would be more informative. Using percentages makes it appear some causes decrease in our 20's. When really, 20-year-olds die more than other people (from accidents) and the other stay about the same.

anoplus 11y ago

I hope investors and entrepreneurs look at this data and use it as a guide for determining the purpose of innovation. Another interesting data we don't see is - The most common cause of SUFFERING, which should also appeal to the industry I hope.

stared 11y ago

I find this remark strange: > 3. I thought about filters for sex and race at the same time, so that you could compare say, black female versus black male. But I liked the simplicity of one filter at a time better. First, I got surprised why setting ethnicity erases sex. Second, morality varies a lot with sex. So putting in the same basket male and female is, at best, trashing important information.