Medical statistics
Analyses of published aggregate medical data. 64 articles
[M016] The Cause That Swings Most in Winter Is Not the Cause That Carries Most of the Winter Excess
This paper asks from which causes and ages the rise in deaths in winter comes, and how that changed over time.…
[M015] The Sex Gap in Life Expectancy Widened at Ages 65 and Over and Narrowed at Ages 40–64
This paper asks at which ages and from which causes the sex gap in life expectancy (women minus men) arises, a…
[M014] As Life Expectancy Rose, the Spread of Ages at Death Barely Narrowed
This paper asks whether, as life expectancy rises, the spread of ages at death narrows along with it — the ans…
[M013] Gains in Life Expectancy Came First from Fewer Deaths at Young Ages, Now from Fewer at Old Ages
This paper asks from which ages the "rise in life expectancy" came — the answer is young ages at first and old…
[M012] "Life Expectancy" Is Neither the Middle Age at Death nor the Most Common One
This paper asks which point of the distribution of age at death the single phrase "life expectancy" refers to…
[M011] Years Gained "Without Cancer" Are Not Set by the Probability of Dying of It Alone
This paper asks how "how many years would life expectancy grow without cancer" relates to how many people die…
[M010] A Child's "Can Do" Has a Range of Ages Built In
This paper asks what "head control comes at N months" or "walking comes at N months" leaves out — the answer i…
[M009] "Average Length of Stay" Is the Average of the People Who Are Discharged
This paper asks what "average length of stay" counts — the answer is the average over the flow of people admit…
[M008] "One in Two People Will Get Cancer" Counts a Whole Life from Birth
This paper asks what the phrase "one in two Japanese people will get cancer" counts — the answer is the share…
[M007] "5-Year Survival" Is One Phrase for Three Different Numbers
This paper asks which number a published "5-year survival" refers to — the answer is that there are at least t…
[M006] The "5-Year Survival" You Once Heard Is Rewritten by the Years You Have Lived
This paper asks whether the "5-year survival" of a cancer means the same thing for people who have already liv…
[M005] Which Name You Use for a Disease Matters Only When You Put It in Quotes
This paper asks how much the number of papers on the same disease found in PubMed changes with the choice of w…
[M004] "Medical Papers Double About Every 15 Years" Has a Different Answer Depending on What Is Counted
This paper asks what the yearly counts of PubMed, taken as "the growth of medical papers", are actually counti…
[M003] Life Expectancy Is Not the Number of Years Anyone Actually Lives
This paper asks whether a year's "life expectancy" represents the number of years that people of that age in t…
[M002] The Speed at Which Adult Death Rates Double with Age Hardly Moved; What Fell Was the Level
This paper asks whether, when Japan's adult death rates fell greatly over some seventy years, the speed at whi…
[M001] "The Death Rate Rose" Names Two Movements at Once, the Age Composition and the Age-Specific Rates
This paper asks whether the rise of Japan's crude death rate by a factor of 2.148 from 1980 to 2024 means that…