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Even better, people die at elevated rates from both of these! It is not either or.

• lazide 3y ago
  Well, approx. 45k people a year die from traffic crashes in the US a year. [https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D158/D362F918 https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D158/D362F918] And 48k from firearms (including suicides and accidents) [https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D158/D362F919 https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D158/D362F919] COVID-19 is also estimated to have killed 48k in 2023. Both combined are still less than from drug overdoses though. [https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D158/D362F367 https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D158/D362F367] Check the top causes, and you’ll find heart disease still at the top at 680k/yr, and all of these causes listed above as essentially in the noise. [https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/datarequest/D176;jsessionid=0CDEAB6BE0F82E7F8801C6E59836 https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/datarequest/D176;jsessioni...]
  • lolc 3y ago
    When you run the numbers in terms of years lost, the traffic and firearm deaths will come out with a bigger share.
    • lazide 3y ago
      Cite?