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erronis

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3. Thank you. This is a good example of "citizen science" - perhaps done by interested organizations

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Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:09 PM

Apr 12

versus government or medical groups.

I worked a bit in trying to model causes of death based on hospital discharge and claims data. I think the US is amazingly deficient in not having a uniform way of reporting and collecting this type of essential data. Perhaps it has changed recently.

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What do people die from in different countries? -- Our World In Data [View all] erronis Apr 12 OP

When you add up True Dough Apr 12 #1

Fascinating article. Thanks for posting. bmbmd Apr 12 #2

Thank you. This is a good example of "citizen science" - perhaps done by interested organizations erronis Apr 12 #3

More to your point of ascribing a "cause of death" erronis Apr 12 #4

Nail on head. bmbmd Apr 12 #5

How do wars factor into this? Bmoboy Apr 12 #6

Apparently not at all. It seems that this is only diseases - and probably those identified by doctors. erronis Apr 12 #8

In 1890, the leading cause was February. OC375 Apr 12 #7