here's my visualization of why comparing aggregated age groups is misleading
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comparing mortality of age groups overstates losses for white men but MASSIVELY understates gains for black people pnas.org/content/113/7/
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...because men 45-54 are older in 2014 than they were in 2000, but it's even MORE extreme for black men
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what's analysis in aid of? Also seems like an unusual interest for a banana
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trying to understand the phenomenon of increase in all-cause mortality driven by voluntary-ish death among white americans 2000-1014
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ah that. I thought suicide rate race diff was mostly explained by whether men thought they'd moved up relative to father?
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don't confuse me with complexity. Just pick a blame-able other group.

