I have been complaining even before 2020 about how media generally talks about mortality trends, generally using life expectancy as their hook. Here are a few posts where I do that: Mortality with Meep: U.S. Life Expectancy Fell 2.4% in 2020, and Death Rates Increased 16.1%
Mortality Basics with Meep: Age-Adjusted Death Rates v. Crude Death Rates for U.S. 1968-2020
Evidently, substack lied to me about my post being too long.
What's up with that, substack?