• Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    More like you just died from old in 1970, versus acute heat stroke in 2023.

    I say this being fully on board with the climate change. Charts like this serve little purpose when you don’t properly adjust for the myriad changes that have occured over the last half century. And before anyone says “you mean like global warming,” no, don’t account for that one, because that’s what we’re trying to see.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, it can be as simple as the death certificates requiring only a primary cause of death.

      Old man collapses from a heart attack while trying to change a tire on a hot desert road? Cause of death: heart attack. If more details are requested, they could probably get away with just claiming age-related health issues. The guy is dead, no foul play, the case is closed.