The biggest factor is selection bias. If you are in the hospital with some terrible medical condition you aren’t going to Burning Man.
It would be interesting to look at cause of death at Burning Man, I would expect it to differ significantly from the population overall (even accounting for age).
Yes, exactly. If you just look at death statistics adjusted for age and sex and race and whatever and you notice how many people die in hospitals, you might think "wow, hospitals are super dangerous, avoid them at all costs".
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It would be interesting to look at cause of death at Burning Man, I would expect it to differ significantly from the population overall (even accounting for age).
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