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Even when accounting for percentage of population?

• belorn 9y ago
  Why is that relevant? Isn't the worth of a human life always the same? Looking at deaths as a proportion to the populations will tell us the disruption to society, production and agriculture. It is sometimes used when looking at plagues, just since death counts can be somewhat less useful when we want to see how whole societies are wiped from the world. Wars however already causes societal damage by the very nature, so we can not infer the damage to society by deaths in proportion to population.
  • JoeAltmaier 9y ago
    Talking about societal rates of human suffering, the per-capita rate is the only correct metric. Like any other statistic (traffic accidents) the only way to compare is per mile, per person etc.