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I'd have expected the death rate to increase as the height increased. Any idea what's behind the seemingly random distribution?
by aynsof 4y ago
I'd have expected the death rate to increase as the height increased. Any idea what's behind the seemingly random distribution?
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- toast0 4y agoThis isn't really reporting a death rate, it's reporting the distribution of heights given you died falling from a height. I'd guess falls from higher heights are more deadly, but less likely (you're more likely to use fall protection on a 8 story roof than a 1 story roof, I'd guess; and there's also a lot more 1 story roofs than 8 story roofs)
- defen 4y agoThat's the percentage of fall deaths caused from each height, not the mortality rate of a fall from a given height.
- grog454 4y agoIn other words, assuming falling probability doesn't vary with height, its estimating what % of time people spend at each height * probability of a fall being reported at that height * probability of death at a given height.
- 7952 4y agoIt probably depends a lot on what you are going to hit as you fall. A drop onto a safety line over an empty void may be safer than a 2m fall onto a piece of equipment.
- billfruit 4y agoThere is a proverb, may be Italian: it is better to fall from the window sill than the roof.
- JohnJamesRambo 4y agoAdd it up as you go up. :)