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Douglas_Knight comments on Open Thread, September 23-29, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Metus 24 September 2013 08:06:29AM 5 points [-]

I know actuaries have huge tables of probabilites of death at any given age based on historical data. Where can I find more detailed data for cause of death? Can someone point me to similar tables for major life events such as probabilites of being robbed, laid off, being in an accident of some kind, getting divorced and so on?

I am becoming a believer in being prepared and even if there is no cost-effective preventative measure, being mentally prepared for an event is very beneficial too in my experience.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 24 September 2013 03:53:39PM 3 points [-]

CDC has every death certificate, although they only let you look at aggregated information.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 26 September 2013 01:19:12AM *  1 point [-]

Oh wow, a highly motivated person can do significant original mortality research via their online tool. You can generate cause of death graphs for almost any sort of cohort you might care about.