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halcy​ :icosahedron:
halcy​ :icosahedron:
@halcy@icosahedron.website  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

most of this makes sense but what's the deal with poisoning

edit: i mean specifically the sudden drops at 40 and 55 years old

accidental deaths by age group (US data). Poisoning sharply increases after 14 or so years old, then sharply drops at 40, remains at a sort of middle level for a bit, and sharply drops again in mid 50s
accidental deaths by age group (US data). Poisoning sharply increases after 14 or so years old, then sharply drops at 40, remains at a sort of middle level for a bit, and sharply drops again in mid 50s
accidental deaths by age group (US data). Poisoning sharply increases after 14 or so years old, then sharply drops at 40, remains at a sort of middle level for a bit, and sharply drops again in mid 50s
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flacs
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@flacs@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@halcy overdosing alcohol counts as poisoning

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halcy​ :icosahedron:
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@halcy@icosahedron.website replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@flacs yeah but do people stop drinking en masse at 40 and 55 specifically

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@flacs@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@halcy my guess:
"I'm 40 now, that means I'm old and need to start taking care of my body"
"I'm almost 60 now and my doctor is telling me I really need to stop drinking"

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@murph@masto.hackers.town replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@halcy That graph does not seem right. The # of motor vehicle accidental deaths seems unrealistically low. According to this, it's more like 38,000 in 2020?
https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/2020-traffic-crash-data-fatalities

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halcy​ :icosahedron:
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@halcy@icosahedron.website replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@murph nb: x axis is "age", so total for the year (2020) would be area under curve

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:bun: Stellar 🇫🇷  :blahaj:
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@Stellar@mk.absturztau.be replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@halcy@icosahedron.website americans during the covid19 pandemic were advised by their president to inject themselves with bleach. and advised by the number 1 podcaster on multiple platforms to ingest dewormer intended for horses. and other. they were not using masks or vaccinating against the virus as their president publicly told them they were ineffective.

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halcy​ :icosahedron:
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@halcy@icosahedron.website replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@Stellar I mean not the absolute number but the two drops around 40 and 55. like this stepped decline is weird to me

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halcy​ :icosahedron:
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@halcy@icosahedron.website replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

is this an outsized influence of a specific profession that stopped existing or such

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Conchoid
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@conchoid@mastodon.gamedev.place replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@halcy partly mushrooms i guess

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halcy​ :icosahedron:
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@halcy@icosahedron.website replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@conchoid yeah I guess maybe it is mostly overdoses

though the weird two step drop is confusing to me. like do you turn 40 and stop taking drugs? and if not you turn 55 and stop taking drugs?

or are there outside interventions that make a snapshot of the data look like that

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@conchoid@mastodon.gamedev.place replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@halcy ah the drop, don't know either

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