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France population is 67 million and life expectancy is 82 years, so about 2000 people die every day. Over the 20 days of high heat, that’s about 70 extra peopl
by paulsutter 7y ago
France population is 67 million and life expectancy is 82 years, so about 2000 people die every day.
Over the 20 days of high heat, that’s about 70 extra people per day, or about 3 percent, just to put it in perspective. What percent of ordinary deaths would we expect to get attributed to high heat? Especially among the elderly?
Disappointed in the 0% effort journalists make to put things in perspective.
- skohan 7y agoI would consider a 3% increase in mortality rate to be quite alarming.
- paulsutter 7y agoNo information is provided whether the rate changed, only that the deaths were attributed to heat. This is the sort of homework I would expect of the journalist EDIT: regarding CNN, 9% doesn’t add up and the quote is vague. I know I’m crazy to expect journalists to care about numbers but it just bugs me
- Steven_Vellon 7y agoCNN's reporting was better: https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/08/europe/france-heat-wave-deaths-intl-hnk-scli/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/08/europe/france-heat-wave-death... They report that the mortality rate was 9% higher than baseline during the heat wave.
- ousta 7y agowhat about mortality rate after? probably lower than baseline as well