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RIP, Diane Keaton: Pneumonia and Multiple Causes of Death
Pneumonia doesn't get the headlines, but it's a large risk for the old, especially seasonally -- plus, some multiple cause of death geeking out
 • Mary Pat Campbell
RIP, M. Stuart Grace, 1961-2024
and this shall remain STUMP
 • Mary Pat Campbell
COVID and Simpson's Paradox: Why So Many Vaccinated People are Among the Current Wave of Hospitalizations
Don't let the paradox mislead you
 • Mary Pat Campbell
Excess Mortality For Working Age Adults Way Up in Third Quarter of 2021, Driven By Covid and Drug Overdoses
People went looking for vaccine mortality, and I found drug overdoses. Funny, that.
 • Mary Pat Campbell
Visualization of Social Security Fraud(?): A STUMP Geeking-Out Special
Starting out at a key data source
 • Mary Pat Campbell
2024 U.S. Top Causes of Death by Age Group, Preliminary
COVID drops off the top ten, but others have worsened
 • Mary Pat Campbell
Chicago Pension Squeeze: Fire Pensions Get a Loan as Tax Revenue Delayed; Pritzker Warned Against Signing Sweetener Bill, Signed Anyway
Huh, who could have predicted that?
 • Mary Pat Campbell
Top Causes of Death in U.S. for 2021 by Age Group
Ranking tables by death counts and by rates
 • Mary Pat Campbell
On the Low Life Expectancy of the U.S. Compared to Healthcare Expenditure
What can we actually control, and how can we control it?
 • Mary Pat Campbell
A Potential Large Source of Junk SSA Data: The Pre-1972 Social Security Number Process
This is true geeking out stuff, and no, it doesn't involve fraud (necessarily)
 • Mary Pat Campbell
How Pension Promises Fail: Examples in Christian Brothers Services and Chicago Pensions
What happens without a backstop... and will anybody get bailed out?
 • Mary Pat Campbell
Geeking Out: Picking Apart a Chicago Pension Actuarial Report from 2024
Thanks, Wirepoints! And my pension actuarial friends!
 • Mary Pat Campbell
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