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Burning Man death rates – A short lesson in statistics

179 points · 243 comments · viraj_shah

  1. jszymborski · · focus · HN ↗
    I believe this is why it's important to report metrics like Excess Mortality/Deaths rather than just Deaths when doing this sort of analysis [0].

    [0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Excess_mortality" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Excess_mortality

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