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Matt Hodgkinson · @mattjhodgkinson
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With all these celebs dying, here's some handy stats on risk of death by age and sex in the UK (as of 2005) so you can gauge how surprising it is.
bandolier.org.uk/booth/Risk/dy

#aging #bandolier #likelihood #statistics #publichealth #mortalityrisk #risk #actuarial #celebritydeaths

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Leisureguy · @Leisureguy
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Wow. Being a conservative in the US puts one at a higher risk of mortality.

This is a non-paywalled version of a Washington Post report.

archive.ph/q1McF

#mortalityrisk #gop #usconservatives #deadlyignorance

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Gerald Leppert :verified: · @gerald_leppert
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Carleton et al. (2020): Valuing the Global Consequences of Accounting for Costs and Benefits, Working Paper 27599

The new study estimates
that the mean increase in due to climate change "is valued at roughly 3.2% of global GDP in 2100"

Mortality rates increase in extreme cold and hot , especially for the elderly, flattened by both higher incomes and .

technologyreview.com/2020/08/0
impactlab.org/wp-content/uploa

#mortality #climatechange #adaptation #NBER #mortalityrisk #temperatures #climatechangeadaptation

Last updated 4 years ago