Cars Are Safer Guns Are Not

For a long time in the US, people under 24 years old were more likely to be killed in car Continue reading →

Causes Of Death Compared – Updated

Conflicts, terrorism, and disasters grab headlines, making it appear that they are the leading causes of death. There are about Continue reading →

Overwork Quantified

Some affects are so ubiquitous that we accept them without question or challenge. Of course many people complain about having Continue reading →

US World Gun Comparison

The US has more deaths by firearms than any other country, a startling set of statistics considering the countries many Continue reading →

Millennials May Not Live Longer

We’ve become accustomed to expecting each generation to live longer than the previous ones. That may not be true for Continue reading →

US Suicides Rise

Suicides in the US continue to rise. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a record 120,000 Americans died from Continue reading →

Opioids Worse Than Car Crashes

Both car crashes and opioid overdoses killed over 40,000 Americans in 2017 (40,231 from opioids and 43,036 from cars). (Note: Continue reading →

Record American Gun Deaths

“Gun violence is a public health epidemic…” – Adelyn Allchin Death by guns in America hit a new record of Continue reading →