Looking for excess deaths among young-ish folks, inspired by Ron Unz
These three images (World, USA States, and Canada Provinces) are large, I suggest opening them in a new tab. Sorry. But if you like dense data like I do, they are very enlightening…
Note that males are blue, females are pink. All data is quarterly, and last data point may be low / incomplete. (Yes, more males die at this age, which is also fascinating — it reverses after age 75.)
What stands out to me are: Canada & USA vs. most of Europe and Sweden. And for states: California, Oregon, and many others. What about you?
Various Countries, Age 0-64
USA States and NYC, Age 15-49
Largest Canadian Provinces, Age 0-44 Only
This is an interesting way to display this graphically! It is safe to attribute the blue ball drop in many countries to a data lag on the last quarter of 2022. For the countries that don't appear to have excess mortality in younger ages it asks more questions than it answers. Regarding the elevated mortality in men versus women it goes like this: on average around 106 boys are born for every 100 girls. The reason for this is because testosterone laden risk taking boys are more prone to die from accidents, fighting, war et cetera at every young age cohort. So usually the sex ratio during the reproductive years is about 50/50, but men are also more likely to die from suicide, substance abuse, and heart attacks in middle adulthood. So women retain the advantage in old age. For those guys that weathered it to 75 years old I guess they deserve it to live out the rest in peace!