Millennial Massacre Overview

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Millennial Massacre Part 2: Increase In Mortality for Ages 18-39 for 2020-2021 Mainly Driven by Drug Overdoses and COVID

Twitter thread:

Mary Pat Campbell@meepbobeep

top results: ~30% of the contribution to excess mortality for young adults in 2021 came from drug ODs %age contribution to excess mortality of drug ODs was not that different by age over 18-39 yrs COVID as a contribution to excess mortality was higher for older people

5:30 PM · Jul 23, 2022

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Interesting responses from others:

John Roberts@john_actuary

I posted yesterday a comparison of recent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿18-24 mortality compared with recent (and past) US mortality, using @meepbobeep's excellent graphs. I've now added ages up to 40 - the pattern is similar, albeit the disparity lessens slightly at the upper end. 1/

7:07 PM · Jul 24, 2022

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The picture:

Now Scotland:

Dan Cookson@danc00ks0n

@VictimOfMaths @AdeleGroyer @john_actuary @meepbobeep @GoActuary Scotland drug related deaths in 2019 were 234 per million popn. (245 per m in 2020) which is very similar to USA rate. Perhaps explains similarities in life expectancy curves?

11:09 PM · Jul 24, 2022

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Some prior posts on drug overdoses:

Drug Overdoses, Part 1: High-Level Trends, 1999-2020

Drug Overdose Deaths, Part 2: U.S. Age-Related Trends 1999-2020 with Provisional Results in 2021

Drug Overdose Deaths, Part 3: Geographical Differences for 2019 and 2020

Top causes of death:

Top Causes of Death in U.S. for 2021 by Age Group

GoActuary thread on mortality trends:

https://community.goactuary.com/t/mortality-trends-non-pandemic/1388