Comments on: How Do Americans Die? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/10/16/how-do-americans-die/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:23:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Mark http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/10/16/how-do-americans-die/#comment-1307 Mark Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:12:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/10/16/how-do-americans-die/#comment-1307 These seem to be just the raw numbers. But just the raw numbers are meaningless. For example, I don't know if the population had, say twice as many 5-9 than 1-4. How do I compare those numbers? These seem to be just the raw numbers. But just the raw numbers are meaningless. For example, I don’t know if the population had, say twice as many 5-9 than 1-4. How do I compare those numbers?

]]> By: Amos Kenigsberg http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/10/16/how-do-americans-die/#comment-1306 Amos Kenigsberg Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:57:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/10/16/how-do-americans-die/#comment-1306 Hi, TJ and true. You're right—I hadn't realized that the LATimes article was available to members-only. On the plus side, you only need a free membership to the Web site. How do they die? Slowly at first but faster toward the end. But seriously, for a long while the #1 killer is unintentional injury. Then between ages 45 and 64 that (dis)honor goes to cancer. And for the folks above 64, heart disease is the biggest risk. And there's a lot of other info in the full list. Hi, TJ and true. You’re right—I hadn’t realized that the LATimes article was available to members-only. On the plus side, you only need a free membership to the Web site.

How do they die? Slowly at first but faster toward the end.

But seriously, for a long while the #1 killer is unintentional injury. Then between ages 45 and 64 that (dis)honor goes to cancer. And for the folks above 64, heart disease is the biggest risk. And there’s a lot of other info in the full list.

]]> By: true http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/10/16/how-do-americans-die/#comment-1305 true Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:38:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/10/16/how-do-americans-die/#comment-1305 yup, true dat. no val. dawg yup, true dat. no val. dawg

]]> By: TJ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/10/16/how-do-americans-die/#comment-1304 TJ Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:30:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/10/16/how-do-americans-die/#comment-1304 Your link is "members only", so your post is of limited value. Your link is “members only”, so your post is of limited value.

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