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emperor ([personal profile] emperor) wrote2008-10-20 02:01 pm
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What do people die of?

An interesting article from the BBC, including maps of cause of death, stratified by age, across the UK.

I think the interesting thing is what the reporter says right at the very end about what people actually die of, as opposed to what government policy thinks is a cause of death worth spending money on preventing.
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[personal profile] hooloovoo_42 2008-10-20 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I looked at the map for my age range. If I move from my current brown (cancer) area to a red (cardiovascular) area, will it stop me from getting cancer and give me asthma instead?