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About 7,700 people die on any average day in America. Roughly 1,800 a day from heart disease, 1500 from cancer, and 450 from accidents. https://www.cdc.gov/nch
by cwhiz 6y ago
About 7,700 people die on any average day in America. Roughly 1,800 a day from heart disease, 1500 from cancer, and 450 from accidents.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
I imagine people would act a bit differently if we had heart disease charts and graphs plastered on the front of every major news site.
- grecy 6y agoAbsolutely, though I think the numbers prove my point. What single cause has resulted in 4,000 daily deaths, day in and day out for weeks on end? (and likely for many more months to come)
- cwhiz 6y agoI don't know of any, but I am also not sure that the distinction of "single cause" is important. The deaths above expected will tell the full story. How many days were there 4,000+ deaths above expected? Probably quite a few, but less than people think.
- adolph 6y agoIt hasn't caused 4k daily until recently and it isn't clear how long it will continue at that rate. The below chart shows its rank in daily deaths and shows that the death rate is very very serious. https://app.flourish.studio/visualisation/1712761/ https://app.flourish.studio/visualisation/1712761/ What single cause has resulted in 4k daily for weeks on end? German invasion of the USSR. There are 1417 days between 22 Jun 1941 - 09 May 1945. According to Russian government figures, USSR losses within postwar borders now stand at 26.6 million, including 8 to 9 million due to famine and disease.[0] So, 17.6m / 1417 = 12,420.6 people per day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties