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Hello, all! Awhile back, Hank mentioned a "death index". Well, I calculated one using the National Vital Statistics (…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Benjamin Bastian May 15, 2011.
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Benjamin Bastian replied to Benjamin Bastian's discussion Death Index"Hmm. Do you happen to know his e-mail address? Perhaps I'm blind, but I can't find it."
Chip, A Former Ningmaster replied to Benjamin Bastian's discussion Death Index"Try his tumblr. He's kind of obsessed with that right now."
Josh Houlihan replied to Benjamin Bastian's discussion Death Index"this is quite a shame! You have made a very good death index. Somehow to get Hank green's attention... I say try emailing him."
Benjamin Bastian replied to Benjamin Bastian's discussion Death Index"Unfortunately not. I don't think anyone noticed this."
Josh Houlihan replied to Benjamin Bastian's discussion Death Index"Did you ever get the 500 dollar reward Hank offered?"
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Hello, all! Awhile back, Hank mentioned a "death index". Well, I calculated one using the National Vital Statistics (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr50/nvsr50_15.pdf) and some computer programming!You can view the death index here: http://sagelywizard.com/death_indexFor those who don't remember what the death index is, I'll let a quote from Hank explain:"The average life…See More
Benjamin Bastian commented on Hank Green's blog post The Death Index - $500 Reward"Oh, and also. In the report there are certain age-ranges which "does not meet standards of reliability or precision", so I just ignored those fields.
The report lives here."
Benjamin Bastian commented on Hank Green's blog post The Death Index - $500 Reward"Hello!
I believe I have solved your dilemma. I used the National Vital Statistics Vol. 50, No. 15 as the data (granted, it's a few years old) and wrote a small program to calculate the death indices of over a hundred causes of death.
I posted…"
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