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> Other significant causes of death (including suicide, influenza, road traffic accidents) appear to be down. Can you source your other claims? At least one se

> Other significant causes of death (including suicide, influenza, road traffic accidents) appear to be down. Can you source your other claims? At least one seems to be wrong. Traffic deaths seem to be up: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2021/03/05/pandemic-travel-traffic-deaths-up-8-2020-despite-driving-less/4590942001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2021/03/05/pandemi...

teachingassist 5y ago
Other countries are reporting otherwise, typically in the tens of percents down. Singapore, Greece, India, Germany, UK, Zambia, Malta, Philippines: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/fall-traffic-accidents-deaths-2020-anomaly-quieter-roads-during-covid-19-pandemic-police https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/fall-traffic-accidents... https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Road-Traffic-Accidents-July-2020--31383155/ https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Road-Traffic-Acci... https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/road-accident-fatalities-hit-30-year-low-in-2020-101613770584900.html https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/road-accide... https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Traffic-Accidents/_node.html https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Traffi... https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-in-great-britain-provisional-estimates-year-ending-june-2020 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casua... https://zambiareports.com/2020/07/22/332-die-road-accidents-second-quarter-2020/ https://zambiareports.com/2020/07/22/332-die-road-accidents-... https://newsbook.com.mt/en/2021-sees-decline-in-road-traffic-accidents-and-deaths/ https://newsbook.com.mt/en/2021-sees-decline-in-road-traffic... https://www.topgear.com.ph/news/motoring-news/mmda-edsa-road-crash-data-2020-a962-20200909 https://www.topgear.com.ph/news/motoring-news/mmda-edsa-road... These are mostly unchecked secondary sources, of course. But, your secondary source, the "National Safety Council", appears to over-report deaths compared to the Department of Transportation's later figures. In 2019, they over-reported by... 8%.

teachingassist 5y ago

Other countries are reporting otherwise, typically in the tens of percents down. Singapore, Greece, India, Germany, UK, Zambia, Malta, Philippines: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/fall-traffic-accidents-deaths-2020-anomaly-quieter-roads-during-covid-19-pandemic-police https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/fall-traffic-accidents... https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Road-Traffic-Accidents-July-2020--31383155/ https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Road-Traffic-Acci... https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/road-accident-fatalities-hit-30-year-low-in-2020-101613770584900.html https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/road-accide... https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Traffic-Accidents/_node.html https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Traffi... https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-in-great-britain-provisional-estimates-year-ending-june-2020 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casua... https://zambiareports.com/2020/07/22/332-die-road-accidents-second-quarter-2020/ https://zambiareports.com/2020/07/22/332-die-road-accidents-... https://newsbook.com.mt/en/2021-sees-decline-in-road-traffic-accidents-and-deaths/ https://newsbook.com.mt/en/2021-sees-decline-in-road-traffic... https://www.topgear.com.ph/news/motoring-news/mmda-edsa-road-crash-data-2020-a962-20200909 https://www.topgear.com.ph/news/motoring-news/mmda-edsa-road... These are mostly unchecked secondary sources, of course. But, your secondary source, the "National Safety Council", appears to over-report deaths compared to the Department of Transportation's later figures. In 2019, they over-reported by... 8%.