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Mmm yeah I wonder. UK: someone dies of cancer or whatever. Enters the statistics as cancer death. Drags down outcome. USA: someone dies of cancer or whatever.
by jacobush 7y ago
Mmm yeah I wonder.
UK: someone dies of cancer or whatever. Enters the statistics as cancer death. Drags down outcome.
USA: someone dies of cancer or whatever. Was poor. Gets buried. Cancer statistics unharmed.
- lostmsu 7y agoYou still have to report some cause of death.
- jacobush 7y agoAnd how well does that work do you think? Given how many are misdiagnosed or undiagnosed before death, how much money and effort do you think is spent on the cause of death for some random, (literally) poor corpse? Of course "some" reason will be logged.
- lostmsu 7y agoYou were implying, that sloppiness leads to reduced cancer statistics, painting a better picture for the US. Well, if another cause of death is used instead, the picture will look worse for it. There is no escape.
- jacobush 7y agoI think it might actually! (Like obesity, heart failure, complex some-or-other, "natural causes", take your pick.)