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For me (1981) it's already 9%. That would mean that approx. 1 in 10 friends would already have died. I don't think thats remotely true for me. Most likely the g

• ainiriand 4y ago
  Fellow 1981 here too. Maybe I balance that statistic as unfortunately a couple of my fiends died.
• rayiner 4y ago
  Most died before you knew them, since under 5 mortality is the most significant component at this age, especially globally.
• nonameiguess 4y ago
  Seems true for me at least (1980 birth). One of my first friends died of a cat allergy at 12, another shot himself the next year at 13, my sister's best friend was murdered by her mom's boyfriend right after I graduated, my best friend from high school died from alcohol withdrawals in 2016, and it seemed like for a few years after high school, at least 1 or 2 people were dead from car accidents that I'd known from school every summer I came back from college. A guy I worked with in college broke his neck and died in basketball practice. Probably not fair to count people I met in my 20s since I was in the Army during the Iraq/Afghanistan years, but deaths were pretty regular. I wanna say my 20 year reunion had 12 deaths out of a graduating class of about 200? That isn't quite 9%, but doesn't count those who died before we graduated. And yeah, clearly the rate is likely to be much higher for people living in Bangladesh or Djibouti or something. I grew up in the Los Angeles suburbs.
• ASalazarMX 4y ago
  Guess I'll have no friends to avoid their deaths then. You're welcome, ex-friends!
  • layer8 4y ago
    They’ll still be dead to you. ;)