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> You're one of the lucky ones. 8% of people born in 1986 didn't make it to 2022. Would love to see the source and a breakdown of causes

by bertdc 4y ago

zeropoint46 4y ago
Me too, I was 1984 and it was the same percentage.
- metadat 4y ago
  Same for 1983. And 1982.
steve_adams_86 4y ago
That population increase statistic was a little shocking (+2.7B in our lifetimes). I suppose I knew it already, but it hadn’t clicked how crazy that is.
- throwaway2a02 4y ago
  I just realized we're less than 1 year away from reaching 8 billion people on Earth. A bit scary.
  - id 4y ago
    It would be much scarier if it was decreasing or staying flat, though.
    - steve_adams_86 4y ago
      Why? I don't doubt you, I just don't know anything about this. My first guess is that economically it would be potentially catastrophic.
Semaphor 4y ago
Directly followed by > And you still have a long way to go. > Who knows what else will happen in your lifetime? I feel slightly threatened ;)
- Infernal 4y ago
  That’s a great looking life you’ve got there, full of promise… it’d be a shame if anything happened to it.
elil17 4y ago
It’s hard to give an exact answer without more granular data than I can find given that it changes year to year. However, very approximately: 0.5 percentage points (pp) infant deaths (birth defects, delivery complications, neonatal death, etc.) 6.5 pp deaths under 5 from infectious disease (primarily pneumonia and diarrheal diseases) 0.5 pp injuries (fairly evenly split among homicide, suicide, drowning, road accidents, other accidents, but with the last two taking somewhat larger shares) Over the next decades most in your cohort will die from heart disease, stroke, or COPD.
rr808 4y ago
This is pretty good https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/usa-cause-of-death-by-age-and-gender https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/usa-cause-of-death-by-ag...
DocTomoe 4y ago
Given it's 9% for my cohort (1980), I'd say childhood mortality is mostly focussed on the first year.

> You're one of the lucky ones. 8% of people born in 1986 didn't make it to 2022. Would love to see the source and a breakdown of causes

by bertdc 4y ago

> You're one of the lucky ones. 8% of people born in 1986 didn't make it to 2022. Would love to see the source and a breakdown of causes

zeropoint46 4y ago

Me too, I was 1984 and it was the same percentage.

metadat 4y ago
Same for 1983. And 1982.

steve_adams_86 4y ago

That population increase statistic was a little shocking (+2.7B in our lifetimes). I suppose I knew it already, but it hadn’t clicked how crazy that is.

throwaway2a02 4y ago
I just realized we're less than 1 year away from reaching 8 billion people on Earth. A bit scary.
- id 4y ago
  It would be much scarier if it was decreasing or staying flat, though.
  - steve_adams_86 4y ago
    Why? I don't doubt you, I just don't know anything about this. My first guess is that economically it would be potentially catastrophic.

Semaphor 4y ago

Directly followed by > And you still have a long way to go. > Who knows what else will happen in your lifetime? I feel slightly threatened ;)

Infernal 4y ago
That’s a great looking life you’ve got there, full of promise… it’d be a shame if anything happened to it.

elil17 4y ago

It’s hard to give an exact answer without more granular data than I can find given that it changes year to year. However, very approximately: 0.5 percentage points (pp) infant deaths (birth defects, delivery complications, neonatal death, etc.) 6.5 pp deaths under 5 from infectious disease (primarily pneumonia and diarrheal diseases) 0.5 pp injuries (fairly evenly split among homicide, suicide, drowning, road accidents, other accidents, but with the last two taking somewhat larger shares) Over the next decades most in your cohort will die from heart disease, stroke, or COPD.

rr808 4y ago

This is pretty good https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/usa-cause-of-death-by-age-and-gender https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/usa-cause-of-death-by-ag...

DocTomoe 4y ago

Given it's 9% for my cohort (1980), I'd say childhood mortality is mostly focussed on the first year.