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What's going to kill you? [US, 2018-2023] (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by tburkhol@lemmy.world to c/dataisbeautiful@mander.xyz

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Not beautiful. More "interesting data set." Source: https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10-expanded.html

edited to correct off-by-one error in 5-14 year old column

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[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, 40 seems to be the age where all the systems start breaking down. Cancer & heart disease are the big ones & most obvious, but the trend seems similar for most of the non-injury causes. It looks like it makes for waves, like if drugs & guns don't kill you by 40, then cancer; if cancer doesn't kill you by 70, then heart disease; if heart disease doesn't kill you, then Alzheimers & cerebrovascular...